Periodic Activity Report/3rd Period - Ifremer

ESONET Contract no.036851/Periodic Activity Report/3 rd Period 

April 2010 

Project contract no. 036851 

ESONET European Seas Observatory Network 

Instrument: Network of Excellence (NoE) 

Thematic Priority: 1.1.6.3 – Climate Change and Ecosystems 

Sub Priority: III – Global Change and Ecosystems 

Periodic Activity Report 

Period covered: From 1 st March 2009 to 28 th February 2010 

Date of preparation: 15 th April 2010 

Start date of project: March 2007 Duration: 48 months 

Project Coordinator name: Roland PERSON 

Deputy Coordinator: Ingrid PUILLAT 

Project coordinator organization name: IFREMER, France 

Revision: version #1: 15 April 2010 

Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006) 

Dissemination Level 

PU Public X 

PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) 

RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) 

CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services)


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Table of Contents 

REFERENCES........................................................................................................................... 5 

EVOLUTION............................................................................................................................. 5 

PUBLISHABLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................ 6 

1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE 

REPORTING PERIOD.............................................................................................................. 9 

1.1 Overview of general project objectives...................................................................... 9 

1.2 Objectives for the reporting period, work performed and the main achievements in 

the period.............................................................................................................................. 10 

1.3 Comment on the most important problems during the period including the 

corrective actions undertaken............................................................................................... 14 

2 WORK PACKAGE PROGRESS OF THE PERIOD ...................................................... 16 

2.1 WP 1 – Networking.................................................................................................. 18 

2.1.1 Work package objectives and starting point of work at beginning of reporting 

period................................................................................................................................ 18 

2.1.2 Progress towards objectives – tasks worked on and achievements made................ 18 

2.1.3 Deviations from the project work programme, and corrective actions taken .......... 22 

2.1.4 Deliverables list ....................................................................................................... 22 

2.1.5 List of milestones:.................................................................................................... 22 

2.2 WP 2 – Standardisation and Interoperability ........................................................... 23 


period................................................................................................................................ 23 




2.2.5 Milestones list .......................................................................................................... 33 

2.3 WP 3 – Scientific Objectives and Observatory Design............................................ 34 


period................................................................................................................................ 34 





2.4 WP 4 – Demonstration Missions.............................................................................. 36 


period................................................................................................................................ 37 





2.5 WP 5 – Implementation Strategies........................................................................... 42 


period................................................................................................................................ 43 





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2.6 WP 6 – Socio-Economic Users ................................................................................ 47 


period................................................................................................................................ 47 





2.7 WP 7 – Education and Outreach .............................................................................. 53 


period................................................................................................................................ 53 





2.8 WP 8 – Management Activities ............................................................................... 58 


period................................................................................................................................ 58 





2.9 WP 9 – Networking ESONET Data Management................................................... 67 


period................................................................................................................................ 68 





3 CONSORTIUM MANAGEMENT.................................................................................. 73 

3.1 Consortium management tasks and their achievements........................................... 73 

3.1.1 Kick off meeting and General Assembly................................................................. 87 

3.1.2 Consortium Agreement............................................................................................ 87 

3.1.3 Steering Committee ................................................................................................. 87 

3.1.4 Strategic Committee................................................................................................. 88 

3.1.5 Advisory Councils ................................................................................................... 90 

3.2 Contractors ............................................................................................................... 90 

3.3 Relations with other European Projects ................................................................... 91 

3.4 Project timetable and status...................................................................................... 91 

3.4.1 Project time table: GANTT diagram........................................................................ 91 

3.4.2 Overview of Deliverables status .............................................................................. 93 

4 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................ 97 

5 LIST OF ANNEXES........................................................................................................ 97 

5.1 Annex 1: List of ESONET Bibliography references................................................ 98 

5.2 Annex 2: Plan for Dissemination of knowledge .................................................... 113 

5.2.1 Exploitable knowledge and its Use........................................................................ 113 

5.2.2 Dissemination of knowledge including articles in press and published ................ 114 

5.3 Annex 3: Male-Female Ratio ................................................................................. 118 

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REFERENCES 

Annex 1 to the Contract: Description of Work (DoW) version of February 2010. 

EVOLUTION 

Version 1.0: 15 th April 2010, sent to the European Commission for yearly reporting. 

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PUBLISHABLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

The Network of Excellence ESONET will enter its final year. 

During the first year, the main ESONET working groups were formed and the objectives of 

the various themes identified. Embryos of regional groups were also put in place, more or 

less active depending on the nodes while the main partners successfully put the project 

preparatory phase of large European research infrastructure EMSO-PP in place. 

Activities during the second year relied on that organization. The main objectives of this 

period were focused on: 

- Increasing the level of integration in the regional nodes, encouraging the participation 

of partners associated with the nodes in ESONET, for example by encouraging the 

submission of proposals for the 2nd call for demonstration missions. 

- Encouraging the integration between the ESONET nodes, for example by preparing a 

more formal call for the exchange of personnel. WP officials also made efforts to 

increase participation in activities of their WP. 

- Stabilizing groups formed, by starting the preparation of a permanent structure (VISO) 

- Developing a long-term strategy for implementing the proposed recommendations. 

- Selection of 6 demonstration missions established on 7 nodes and covering the main 

themes of seafloor observatories: LIDO addresses the monitoring of marine mammal 

acoustics and geophysics, DM MARMARA addresses the earthquake risk in a 

sensitive region, LOOME is interested in the functioning of a mud volcano with both 

geophysical and biological aspects, MoMAR addresses the functioning of a deep 

hydrothermal vent using a multidisciplinary approach, MODOO addresses long-term 

biochemical functions at the Porcupine (PAP) site in the North Atlantic, while AOEM 

will monitor physically and biochemically Fram Strait. 

- ESONET activities have been amplified during the third period compared to those of 

the previous year. 

- The six demonstration missions involve an important activity for the partners 

involved. The types of activities vary depending on the phases of operations. 

Major achievements during the third year: 

WP1: Networking 

The second "All regions workshop" was held in Paris from 4th to 6th October 2009. It 

brought together over 100 participants in the presence of representatives of major projects 

on international marine observatories Neptune Canada, Mars (USA), DONET (Japan) 

OOI (USA). It helped to take stock of progress recorded on the sometimes spectacular 

development of the different ESONET-EMSO nodes. During this meeting, the 

composition of the various regional implementation groups has been identified, including 

representatives of national funding agencies. ESONET will thus continue node by node 

the implementation of various observatories planned in EMSO 

This third year has helped to expand personnel exchanges between member institutions. 

These exchanges are either devoted to technology or to exploiting the results of 

demonstration missions. 

The VISO meeting held in Tromsoë on 11th and 12th June 2009 helped launch the 

foundation for organizing scientific community activities perpetuating ESONET using 

and making live EMSO observatories. This organization will interact with industry and 

maintain relations between the European scientific community and the international 

community 

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WP2: Standardization and Interoperability 

WP 2 is working for standardization and interoperability aspects of generic and specific 

sensors identified by WP3. The group participated in the second experiment of 

interoperability in the field of marine science within OGC. Different concepts are being 

evaluated by the partners: the IEEE standard 1451, the MBARI PUCK and "Smart 

Sensor" IFREMER (4S). The prototype will be tested on OBSE 4S. A draft ESONET 

quality manual has been prepared. The work also focused on the development of response 

procedures and underwater simulation tools for training pilots. 

A database accessible on the ESONET website lists all the testing facilities available in 

Europe. 

ESONET is also actively involved in GEOSS meetings and maintains an ESONET- 

GEOSS website. 

In order to overcome the lack of data available in real time in Europe, a technology 

demonstration was prepared, oriented sites wired up in Europe. Operations will be funded 

at four sites: ANTARES and NEMO as deep sites, and OBSEA and Koljo Fjord as coastal 

sites. 

WP3: Objectives and design of scientific observatories 

The scientific objectives of ESONET were reviewed and clarified during this year (D11). 

This work led to a new report which provides a basis for publication in Progress in 

Oceanography: "Societal Need for Improved Understanding of climate change, 

anthropogenic impacts, and warning geohazard drive development of ocean Observatories 

in European Seas" by Ruhl et al. 

WP4: Field Demonstration 

The 6 selected demonstration missions have all started. First results have been acquired on 

the Sea of Marmara and prompted the Turkish government to prepare a tender for the 

establishment of a permanent observatory in this area. For other sites the results will be 

available from summer 2010. 

WP5: Implementation Strategies 

It was decided to work in parallel on two types of observatories to meet the European 

scientific: cabled observatory and autonomous observatory. The work focused on 

engineering, the financial model and budget, not to mention the legal and environmental 

aspects. This work led to the drafting of a report submitted to EMSO on implementation 

models (D46) and is the basis for further studies conducted by EMSO and negotiations 

with national funding agencies. WP6: Socio-economic Users 

The development of yellow pages was a priority for the third year. It has been established 

with the support and advice from PESOS industrial partners. The operating system of 

these files is running and the inventory of equipment is rapidly increasing (D17). 

WP7: Education and Public Awareness 

The website hosted by the University Jacobs is being continually enriched and now offers 

pages in several languages for 10-14 year olds. Some public terminals have been deployed 

in aquariums. A film about the how and why of observatories is being prepared. 

WP8: Management 

The management, which is already difficult for a project with more than fifty partners, has 

been marked during the third year by delicate negotiations about the final allocation of 

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budgets in the restricted context of European networks of excellence. Moreover, the 

inability to extend the duration of the project led to a particularly difficult schedule for 

demonstration operations, which are based on national programming of sea access 

facilities. 

WP9: Data Management 

The plan for Data Management has been finalized and will be the basis for ESONET / 

EMSO observatories. The ESONET knowledge base, which includes all available 

information on ESONET sites, is operational and regularly updated. ESONET partners 

agreed to implement a register sensor based on SensorML. This decision is consistent with 

the Eurosites decision. The development of the SOS (Sensor Observation Service) 

interface has been undertaken in line with the SEADATANET and MyOcean projects. 

These developments allow a structure for managing data generated by underwater 

observatories to be proposed which is compatible with other European projects in the 

environment field . 

Main problems met 

After the bankruptcy of the SEND Signal Elektronik company the coordination sent 

several letters to the liquidator in order to request an audit certificate for the form C 

already sent to the Commission. This would make the cost and requeted contribution 

accepted and reimbursed. After several Emails and a formal letter in English, a German 

version has been sent. The answer received explained that the company was already 

liquidited. Consequently, the coordination expects now an action from the European 

Commission. 

After the eviction of the SIS company (decision agreed after General assembly meeting in 

October 2008) the coordination team sent a letter to remind that a Form C justifying at 

least the amount of money transeferred for the 1st prepayment, with an audit certificate, 

are expected. It was also reminded to reimburse the consortium if not cost justification is 

provided. Nevertheless no answer has been received. Consequently, the coordination 

expects now an action from the European Commission. 

Conclusion 

The project is well the way : since the beginning of the project 70 deliverables were 

expected to be delivered until now but only 7 are delayed, 10 %. Four are in intermediate 

version due to missing information. Discussions on the permanent structure preparation 

are well advanced as well as shown in deliverables 46 and 53. We are confident in a good 

achievement of the project. 

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1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE 

REPORTING PERIOD 

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1.1 Overview of general project objectives 

The long-term monitoring of environmental processes related to ecosystem life and evolution, 

global changes and geohazards, is now recognized as necessary by the scientific community. 

To better understand geophysical, biogeochemical, oceanographic and biological active 

phenomena scientists need long time series of data to identify temporal evolution, cyclic 

changes and to capture episodic events relating to oceanic circulation, deep-sea processes and 

ecosystems evolution. In addition, long-term monitoring will detect episodic events such as 

earthquakes, submarine slides, tsunamis, benthic storms, biodiversity changes, pollution and 

other events that cannot be detected and monitored by conventional oceanographic sea-going 

campaigns. To understand the mechanisms involved and to forecast natural events long time 

series of measurements are needed to feed numerical models. 

The implementation of a bi-directional link between an observatory and a control station is 

fundamental to assure the quality of long data series. Three types of observatories are 

typically described: acoustically linked to a surface buoy, electrically linked to a surface buoy, 

and cabled. Technology today allows us to build sophisticated deep-sea observational 

systems. Considerable engineering development work has been done by the NEPTUNE and 

MARS projects in North America and the DONET project in Japan. NEPTUNE Canada is 

implementing one of the first deep sea, cabled networks. However, the costs associated with 

the construction and operation of these systems are high, and funds usually attributed to 

oceanography are not related to such investments. The ESONET community is highlighting 

the importance of such infrastructures to governments so that investment in these research 

infrastructures can take place. 

Figure 1: ESONET sites


At the European level, the goal of the ESONET NoE is the lasting integration of European 

research on deep-sea multidisciplinary observatories and the creation of a network of 

excellence. Over the initial 4 years, the approach will be to merge the programmes of member 

organisations through research activities addressing the scientific objectives and networking 

activities specially designed for integration and spreading Excellence. Its objective is to 

produce a practical plan for long-term monitoring of the ocean margin environment around 

Europe with capabilities in: geophysics, geotechnics, chemistry, biochemistry, oceanography, 

biology and fisheries. In order to reach this broad objective, it is necessary to organise the 

deep-sea observatory community around ESONET sites and to unify it around common 

scientific objectives that must reach the top level of marine research. 

1.2 Objectives for the reporting period, work performed and the main 

achievements in the period 

� Objectives of the reporting period 

During the two first ESONET periods, the main ESONET working groups were constituted at 

WP level, the core groups at each ESONET site were identified, the first Demonstration 

Missions and the first exchanges of personnel were launched and the permanent virtual 

structure (VISO) was in preparation. 

This third ESONET period essentially carried on integration and networking which is the key 

instrument to achieve the main objectives of the ESONET Work Packages. 

The main general objectives of this reported period were : 

- to pursue development of integration at regional sites through the launching of the two 

new Demonstration Missions (AOEM and MODOO - 2 nd Call of DM) and by 

encouraging the involvement of the ESONET partners on the 2 nd and 3 rd calls of 

exchange of personnel 

- to insure the good progression of the fourth Demonstration Missions (LIDO, 

MOMAR-D, MARMARA and LOOME - 1 st Call of DM) 

- to pursue standardization activities for instance through the Second Best Practices 

Workshop in Brest 

- to reinforce the regional cohesion around all ESONET nodes by the organization of 

the 2 nd All Regions Workshop in Paris 

- to initiate the building of a permanent virtual structure (VISO) through the VISO 

workshop in Tromsø 

- following the setting up of a legal framework ERIC by the European Commission, the 

ESONET and EMSO Consortiums began to reflect to the possibility of the creation of 

an ERIC for the deep-sea observatories 

� Work performed and main achievements in 

o WP1 

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o WP2 

o WP3 

� Organization of the 2 nd All Regions Workshop in Paris, France. 

� The second Exchange of Personnel was issued in April 2009: 

8 proposals were received and 4 were accepted. Deliverable D54. 

� The third Exchange of Personnel was issued in January 2010: 

4 proposals were received and 3 were accepted. Deliverable D54. 

� Core regional groups constituted: circulation of a new detailed 

questionnaire during the 2 nd All Regions Workshop, encouragement to 

participate in internal call. 

� Sustainable integration of ESONET community: organization of the 1 st 

VISO workshop in Tromsø, Norway. 

� Organization of a GEOSS Workshop on Ocean Observation in Bremen 

in May 09 

� Participation in OGC Interoperability Experiment 

� Demonstration of Plug and Work capabilities of selected standards 

� Organization of EGU session in Vienna on Ocean Observatory 

Instrumentation 

� Organization of 2 nd Best Practices Workshop in Brest in October 09 

� Several meetings between PEOS representatives and researchers on 

standardization issues 

� Update D11 including literature and workshop inputs 

� Submit D11 for publication in Progress in Oceanography 

� Update D13 including literature and workshop inputs 

� Updating site-specific objectives and requirements 

� Linking objectives and requirements in a relational database 

o WP4 

� The LOOME DM continued to monitor the Håkon Mosby mud volcano 

(Norwegian Margin) already started the previous year. A new seafloor 

platform equipped with sensors was deployed together with an OBS to 

extend the recording of measurements previously acquired with 

autonomous sensors (e.g., temperature and pore pressure). 

� The LIDO DM proceeded with a new deployment of the GEOSTAR 

multi-parameter observatory and its instrumented surface buoy at the 

Iberian Margin site, in collaboration with the NEAREST EC Project to 

detect potential tsunami signals and subsequently notify a shore station. 

The enhanced NEMO-SN1 observatory, following hardware and 

software adaptations, underwent a test phase in view of deployment in 

Summer 2010. 

� The Marmara-DM developed a set of sea operations geared to the 

characterisation of the seismogenic fault area using acoustic detection 

of gas emissions, AUV micro-bathymetry and sea-bottom deployment 

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of BOB (acoustic gas bubble detector), en-route surveys to map and 

sample dissolved gas in the water column and high-resolution 3D 

seismic surveys on the western area. Deployment of seafloor 

monitoring modules included SN-4, a seafloor multi-parameter 

observatory of the GEOSTAR type, and 10 OBSs and 5 piezometers. 

� The MODOO DM mainly addressed outlying and building hardware, in 

particular the Data Collection and Dissemination (DCD) node to be 

connected to the MODOO lander and mooring. This is in view of the 

deployment and the recovery cruise in the Porcupine Abyssal Plain off 

southwest Ireland scheduled for May/June 2010. 

� The MOMAR-D is proceeding with the final definition of the 

observatory and the start the technological work: designing and 

building the sensors/nodes, adapting sensor software to SEAMON 

technology. The objective is to start trials in Brest by Spring 2010. The 

cruise to implement the observatory infrastructure on Lucky Strike 

(Azores), is now scheduled for September 2010 (R/V Pourquoi pas? 

and ROV Victor 6000). 

� The AOEM (ESONET Arctic site), for which the Grant Agreement and 

Implementation Plan had to be amended, commenced in July 2009 with 

the preparation of the geophysical experiments for assessing the 

variability of the acoustic signature of the bubble plumes in the water 

column, monitoring the thermal signal of fluids expelled from the 

sediment and determining the micro-seismological expression of 

hydrate dissociation and fluid escape. The technical work that has 

started includes the identification of available technical solutions for 

data transfer from Fram Strait moorings to land and of feasible ocean 

water column deliverables that can be collected from the cabled 

network and meet the requirements of user community. 

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o WP5 

� LEE database online 

� Good practices report prepared and finalised 

� Comparative work and final implementation plans prepared 

� Strong links with EMSO maintained - WP5 facilitated preparation of 

D46 for the STRAC and funding agencies meeting. 

o WP6 

� Development of ESONET Yellow Pages. 

� Companies have become more pro-active in populating the Yellow 

Pages of ESONET suppliers. During the VISO Workshop, industry 

stakeholders of ESONET formed a working group to discuss how the 

service companies and customers of ESONET observatories could 

contribute to the implementation of ocean observatories in Europe. 

� All data produced by the POSEIDON-Pylos observatory (Hellenic site) 

are integrated into the POSEIDON information system. The daily files 

are made available to the scientific community through an ftp server. 

� Promotion of ESONET within the private sector via the activity of 

PESOS and the publication of ESONEWS. 

o WP7 

� The outreach pages are kept up to date, with announcements, training 

workshop and further details on the project. New sections on 

Demonstration Missions, ESONET special reports, links to other 

European ocean projects, new school material links were added. 

� The website has been translated into numerous languages: French, 

Swedish, Turkish, Russian, German, Spanish, Bulgarian, Welsh and 

Romanian. 

� A general workshop was held in Bremen, associated with IEEE. 

� A geohazard specific workshop was held in Turkey. Deliverable D40. 

� Through ESONET, a web portal with a real-time web interface has 

been installed at Thalassokosmos. The web cam has been installed in 

the main tank and will soon be in operation. 

o WP8 

� Update of the online reporting tool. 

� The ESONET Label document is the second update version (document 

continuously updated according to the up coming results). 

� GMES: A report outlining the possible contribution of ESONET to 

GMES car services has been prepared in October 2009. This document 

was a basis support for discussions with the MyOcean and SAFER 

coordinators. This collaborative work is described in the Deliverable 

D67. 

o WP9 

� Successful organization of the data management workshop in June 

2009 

� Cooperation agreements on data management with various projects 

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(hypox, GENESIS, OSIRIS, EuroSites etc..) 

� Draft of workflow for data archiving for ANTARES, LIDO, Nordic 

Node 

� Revised knowledge base, serving as data and information portal 

� Definition of an ESONET SensorML profile 

� Sensor registry user interface with several data entry templates and 

XML templates 

� Development of SOS server prototypes as well as SOS web client 

1.3 Comment on the most important problems during the period including the 

corrective actions undertaken 

WP2 

Due to some changes in the progression of the project such as the planning of cruises, etc., 

some deliverables, such as D39, have been delayed. Telephone conferences have been 

scheduled to discuss open issues and to continue to work towards the defined goals. The 

partners involved in the task feel that it is important to use the experience gained during the 

DM operations for the compilation of the deliverable reports. This is specially the case for the 

deliverable D41 that needs more input from the DMs. Consequently only a draft version is 

provided and a final version will be delivered in period 4. 

The deliverable D50: “report from the Best Practices workshop #2” is provided in an 

acceptable version but more inputs are expected to finalise it in a good version. 

The deliverable D51 is six-months delayed due to health problem of the main responsible of 

this report. 

WP4: 

1. Delay in the signature of the AOEM DM Grant Agreement (2 nd Call). The delay was 

due to the planned participation of an institution which is not an ESONET consortium 

Partner. This Sub-contracting was not provided for ESONET, so the ESONET 

Coordinator prepared a request of contract amendment including modifications of 

financial information. This amendment request took a longer time than expected and 

has been sent to the European Commission in March 2010 by the coordination team. 

2. The deliverable D45a has been received whi delay, despite many requests from the 

coordination team. The received version was considered as a draft version because due 

to missing information in the report and missing deliverables of individual DMs. A 

letter was sent to the WP4 leader with copy to the DMs leader but no update nor DM 

deliverables have been received. Consequently only the draft can be provided. The 

next DMs periodical report, deliverable 45b has not been received by the coordination 

as well. 

WP5 

Period 3 of the project was a busy one for WP5 participants who are on course to deliver a 

number of key elements of the project before the final phase of the NoE (Period 4). The link 

with EMSO- PP activities is reinforced implying common activities with EMSO partners to 

discuss on the common infrastructure (see deliverable D46), and for instance the fleet. Due to 

the need of a more mature vision of the possible infrastructures the deliverable D20 –2010 

and D22-2010 are delayed to September 2010. 

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WP7: 

D30 – Web terminal. Terminals were delivered to two aquaria, but until live data can be made 

available, only basic ESONET info can be delivered. Since no real-time ESONET data are 

available for aquaria terminals, a new interactive ESONET presentation designed by Jacobs 

University with input from Partners has been implemented. 

D64: Training on KOSTOBS test site is delayed due to the delay in selecting the test sites. In 

addition the site for training has been changed to Koljo-Fjord 

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2 WORK PACKAGE PROGRESS OF THE PERIOD 

Table 1 – ESONET JPA : Work Packages (WPs) 

Integrating Activities (IA) Persons in charge of Task Teams 

WP1 Networking M. Cannat IPGP (FR 

I.a Organisation of the 2 nd All Regions Workshop M. Cannat IPGP (FR) 

I.b Regional implementation group M. Cannat IPGP (FR) 

I.c Exchange of personnel M. Cannat IPGP (FR) 

I.d Planning and implementation of VISO J. Mienert UiT(NO) 

WP2 Standardisation and interoperability C. Waldmann KDM (DE) 

II.a Sensors and scientific packages C. Waldmann KDM (DE) 

II.b Quality assurance, Quality control A. Holford Univ. Aberdeen (GB) 

II.c Underwater intervention J.F. Drogou IFREMER (FR) 

R. Papaleo INFN (IT) 

II.d Sharing testing facilities J. Marvaldi IFREMER (FR) 

II.e Contribution to GEOSS standardisation and 

implementation activities 

E. Delory DBSCALE (ES) 

II.f Organisation of the 2 nd Best Practices Workshop 

at IFREMER 

C. Waldmann KDM( DE) 

II.g Organization of equipment tests on cabled sites 

with training activities 

C. Waldmann KDM( DE) 

WP5 Implementation strategies M. Gillooly 

F. Grant 

Marine Inst. (IE) 

V.a Science, engineering and business plan for J. Piera 

CSIC (ES) 

generic sites 

O. Pfannkuche KDM (DE) 

V.b Legal, Ethical and Environmental M. André UPC (ES) 

V.c Comparative work – Both working groups 

G. André ALTRAN (FR) 

V.d Reporting to EMSO 

R. Person IFREMER (FR) 

WP9 Networking ESONET Data management R. Hubert KDM-UniHB (DE) 

IX.a: Data management plan M. André UPC (ES) 

IX.b. ESONET knowledge base R. Hubert KDM-UniHB (DE) 

IX.c. ESONET Data infrastructure: Sensor 

registry 

M. Diepenbroek KDM-UniHB (DE) 

IX.d ESONET Data infrastructure: SOS 

development and implementation 

T. Carval IFREMER (FR) 

IX.e ESONET Data infrastructure: prototype 

implementation 

Jointly Executed Research (JER) 

R. Hubert KDM-UniHB (DE) 

WP3 Scientific objectives and observatory design H. Ruhl NOCS (GB) 

III.a Science objectives H. Ruhl KDM (DE) 

III.b Generic science modules G. Greinert NIOZ (NL) 

III.c Specific science modules L. Geli IFREMER (FR) 

WP4 Demonstration missions 

L. Beranzoli INGV (IT) 

IV.a Call for proposals 

M. Cannat IPGP (FR) 

IV.b Demonstrations 

CSIC (ES) 

Work Packages (WPs) 

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Spreading Excellence (SE) 

WP6 Socio-economic users J.M. Miranda Univ. Lisboa (PT) 

VI.a Core services stakeholders J.F. Rolin IFREMER (FR) 

VI.b Regional services stakeholders N. O’Neill CSA (IE) 

VI.c Promotion and SME policy 

WP7 Education and outreach L. Thomsen KDM (DE) 

VII.a Educational tools T. Tselepides HCMR (GR) 

VII.b Web portal with real-time web interface A. Colaço Univ. Azores (PT) 

VII.c Communication of results 

S. Girhon SOPAB (FR) 

WP8 – Management Activities (MA) 

R. Person IFREMER (FR) 

VIII.a General Assembly 

I. Puillat 

VIII.b Meeting organisation 

J.F. Rolin 

VIII.c Information management and yearly reporting V. Le Guen 

VIII.d Link with European Commission 

C. Desbois 

VIII.e Link with European projects 

VIII.f ESONET label 

C. Lietard ALTRAN (FR) 

VIII.g. Worldwide cooperation on cabled subsea 

observatories 

I.G. Priede Uni. Aberdeen (GB) 

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April 2010 

2.1 WP 1 – Networking 

Persons in charge: Mathilde Cannat (cannat@ipgp.jussieu.fr) 

Contact: +33 144 275 192 

Institution: IPGP 

Names and institutions of the participating persons: 

Task Persons in charge of Task Teams 

WP 1 NETWORKING Mathilde Cannat IPGP 

1a) Organisation of the 2 nd All Mathilde Cannat 

Regions Workshop 

IPGP 

1b) Regional implementation Mathilde Cannat and Roland IPGP 

group 

Person 

IFREMER 

1c) Exchange of Personnel Mathilde Cannat IPGP 

1d) Planning and 

Implementation of VISO 

Juergen Mienert UiT 

Names of other participants (and institutions names): 

IPGP, IFREMER and UiT are the leaders of this WP. The following ESONET Partners also 

contributed in various degrees to WP1 activities this year (primarily through the Exchange of 

Personnel scheme, and by their active participation (as session moderators, etc.) in the 2 nd All 

Regions Workshop: 

CNRS-GEOAZUR, CNRS-CEREGE, CNRS-CPPM, CNRS-IUEM, CNRS-LMGEM, KDM- 

IFM-GEOMAR, KDM-AWI, KDM-JUB, KDM-MPIMM, KDM-UniHB, INGV, ISMAR, 

NOCS, HCMR, NIOZ, IMI, UAC, UPC, NGI, ULB, UGOT, ITU, BU-KOERI, DEU-IMST, 

ALTRAN, CINTAL 

2.1.1 Work package objectives and starting point of work at beginning of 

reporting period 

Task 1a: To organise the 2 nd All Regions Workshop. This second meeting aimed at 

strengthening the links between the regional nodes of ESONET, and promoting multidisciplinarily 

and trans-nationality within each node. 

Task 1b: To set up regional implementation groups. The objective is to finalise the 

constitution of regional implementation groups for each ESONET node. 

Task 1c: To promote the exchange of personnel. The objective is to facilitate networking and 

jointly executed research by promoting the exchange of personnel among ESONET Partners. 

Task 1d: To plan and implement the Virtual Institute VISO. The objective is to constitute a 

virtual institute, named VISO, that will ensure continued scientific planning and networking 

between the EMSO observatory nodes after the end of the ESONET NoE.


2.1.2 Progress towards objectives – tasks worked on and achievements made 

Task 1a) – Organisation of the 2 nd All Regions Workshop 

Activity 1a1: Preparation of the 2 nd All Regions Workshop 

The 2 nd All Regions workshop was held in Paris (4-6 October) with 100 participants. Rooms 

were provided free of charge by the CNRS. Representatives from international observatory 

projects were invited to give an update on the state of the art: NEPTUNE Canada (C; Barnes, 

UVIC), Mars (S. Etchemendy, MBARI), DONET (Y. Kaneda, JAMSTEC), OOI (S. Banahan, 

NSF). The project POCLAN was also invited in the aim of strengthening links between 

coastal observatory initiatives. Representatives of other European projects with common 

themes were also present: EuroSITES, EMSO, GMES, EPOS, SIAOS. 

Activity 1a2: 2 nd All Regions Workshop reporting 

This second meeting had two high points: we heard exciting updates on the significant 

scientific and technological progress made at most ESONET nodes over the past two years, 

and we had in-depth discussions on how to design and implement a durable ESONET-EMSO 

infrastructure around Europe. The videos of all talks and discussions, and the corresponding 

slides, are available online on the ESONET web page: 

http://www.esonetnoe.org/news_and_events/esonet_workshops_and_meetings/2009_11_20_all_regions_2_oral 

_presentations. 

The report of the workshop, in paper/PDF format has been completed (D55): it was due in 

January 2010 (month 35) but IPGP requested an additional two months to complete this task 

(month 37). 

Person in charge: Mathilde Cannat 

Involved partners: IPGP, IFREMER 

Task 1b) – Constitution of Regional Implementation Groups 

During the Period 2 of ESONET, we were able to put together a rather comprehensive list of 

contact people for most ESONET nodes, covering the following categories: coordinator(s), 

contact person(s), science and technology PIs, data management contact(s), and the so-called 

"STRAC referents": a list of names for the main funding agencies involved for each country 

committed to building the given node. During the 2 nd All Regions Workshop in Paris, we 

circulated a new, detailed questionnaire, which allows us to accurately follow the evolution of 

these groups for each ESONET node. This list of contacts is crucial for ESONET 

coordination, and for building the future EMSO infrastructure. The Table below lists the 

coordinators for each node, with their affiliations. These names have not changed much from 

our previous report as the update mostly concerns the names of PIs and STRAC referents. 

More information, including that from the filled-out questionnaires, will be part of D56, 

which we are a bit late in submitting: it was due in October but we need more time to process 

the questionnaires from the Workshop. 

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Table 1.1: Updated list of ESONET node coordinators, with names of corresponding 

ESONET-funded demonstration mission(s) (DM) 

Node # Node name Contact persons DM 

1 Artic T. Soltwedel (AWI), M. Klages (AWI) MASOX- 

ARCOONE 

2 Norwegian Margin J. Mienert (Univ. Tromso), D. de Beer (MPI-MM), B. 

Ferré (UiT) 

LOOME 

3 Nordic Sea P. Sigray (Stockholm Univ.) 

4 Porcupine F. Grant (IMI), M. Gillooly (IMI), O. Pfannkuche (IFM- MODOO 

GEOMAR) 

5 Azores A. Colaco (Univ. Azores), R. Santos (Univ. Azores), 

Maria Gabriella Queiroz (Univ. Azores), Miguel 

Miranda (FFCUL), Mathilde Cannat (IPGP), Pierre- 

Marie Sarradin (IFREMER) 

6 Iberian Margin L. Matias (FFCUL), M. Andre (UPC-CSIC), N. Zitellini 

(ISMAR), J.M. Miranda (FFCUL) 

7 Ligurian Sea D. Lefevre & Christian Tamburini (CNRS/LMGEM), 

J.J. Destelle (CPPM), S. Escoffier (CPPM), C. Curtil 

(CPPM), J. Carr (CPPM) 

8 East Sicily L. Beranzoli (INGV), P. Favali (INGV), R. Papaleo 

(INGV), G. Riccobene (INFN) 

MoMAR-D 

LIDO 

LIDO 

9 Hellenic V. Lykousis (HCMR), T. Tsellipides (HCMR) 

10 Marmara Sea N. Cagatay (ITU), L. Géli (IFREMER) MARMARA 

11 Black Sea L. Dimitrov (IO-BAS), H. Sahling (Univ. Bremen) 

12 Koster Fjord L. Thomsen (Jacobs Univ.), L. Lundalv (Goteborg 

Univ.) 


Involved partners: AWI, IFREMER, UiT, IMI, IFM-GEOMAR, Univ. Stockholm, Univ. 

Azores, FFCUL, IPGP, UPC-CSIC, NOC, ISMAR, CPPM, LOV, INGV, INFN, HCMR, 

ITU, IO-BAS, Jacobs Univ., Goteborg Univ. 

Task 1c) – Exchange of Personnel 

Activity 1c1: 2 nd Call for Exchange of Personnel 

We issued the 2 nd formal Call for Exchange of Personnel in April 2009, with a deadline set 

for 15 May 2009. We received eight projects, for a total requested amount of 66 200 €. Based 

on our recommendations, the ESONET Steering Committee suggested some revisions for 

certain projects (applicants for three projects were asked to join forces and submit a 

coordinated proposal). Following this revision, four projects were funded, for a total of 

33 500 €, and involving personnel from eight ESONET partner institutions. The Table below 

gives some details on these funded projects. 

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Table 1.2: Summary of projects funded through the 2 nd Call for Exchange of Personnel 

# Partner Budget 

1 

CNRS-UPC-IFREMER- 

MARUM 

5 700 € 

2 MARUM-INGV 4 000 € 

3 

INFN-INGV-HCMR- 

CNRS 

16 200 

€ 

4 IPGP-INGV 7 600 € 

TOTAL 

33 500 

€ 

Processing this 2 nd Call was delayed compared to the original work plan. As a result, we were 

a bit late with the submission of D54 (due in November 2009) which was to report on the 

projects funded through both the 1 st and the 2 nd Calls for Exchange of Personnel. We 

submitted this report in March 2010. 

Activity 1c2: 3 rd Call for Exchange of Personnel 

Finally, we recently (January 25) issued the 3 rd and last Call for Exchange of Personnel, with 

a deadline set for 13 February 2010. We received six proposals for a total of 89340 €. These 

proposals were ranked and decision was made on their funding at the ESONET Steering 

Committee meeting of 26 March 2010. 


Involved partners: IPGP, ITU, CEREGE, DEU, IMST, IFREMER, UPC, SEND, CSIC, IMI 

Task 1d) – Plan and implement the Virtual Institute VISO 

The objective of the VISO workshop was to provide the planned large-scale marine 

infrastructure, partner countries and interested organizations, such as fisheries and the petrol 

& gas industry, with strategies for ensuring the durability of observatory data. Workshop 

preparation was coordinated by UiT and the event took place in Tromso, Norway on 11-12 

June 2009. 

Activity 1d2: Workshop conclusions 

The workshop was attended by 80 scientists and engineers from around the world and from 

major marine research stakeholders, including industrial sectors that are directly or indirectly 

related to deep-sea observatories. The group discussions highlighted the urgent need to 

understand the effect of climate change on the ocean, because the ocean is becoming more 

acidic, minimum oxygen zones are expanding and anoxic dead zones are appearing in 

formerly rich fishing places. All of these changes threaten ocean health and the ability of the 

earth to support human life. The lack of deep-sea observations needs to be counteracted, 

especially for decision-makers trying to find better supports to communicate to end-users. The 

education issue is also essential, with an increasing need for training specialists with 

environmental backgrounds. The report following the workshop (D53) was submitted in 

November 2009 (month 33). 

The objective of VISO is to insure continued scientific planning and networking between the 

EMSO observatory nodes after the end of the ESONET NoE. VISO will also be a useful 

structure for interacting with industry through the ESONET-EMSO community, and will link 

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ocean scientists and engineers to an international team, in partnership with the main non- 

European deep-sea observatory initiatives. VISO will also promote European approaches 

(methods and equipment) outside Europe, for science- and industry-driven deep-sea 

observational needs. 

As VISO is based on a computer network, the Institute of Geology at UiT is planning to hire a 

Master student, who will be co-supervised by researchers in the Computer Science 

department. We are planning to send this student for a short period to the USA to learn from 

the existing US Ocean Observatory Initiative (OOI) (Scripps Institution of Oceanography). 

Persons in charge: Jurgen Mienert, Bénédicte Ferré 

Involved partners: All partners were involved 

2.1.3 Deviations from the project work programme, and corrective actions taken 

No real deviations, but a few months of delay in completing some deliverables this year. We 

should catch up over the next few months. 

Del. 

no. 

D53 

D54 

D55 

D56 

(*) if available 

2.1.4 Deliverables list 

Deliverable name 

Report on creation 

of VISO 

Report of 2 nd and 

3 rd call for 

exchange of 

personnel 

Report on 2 nd All 

Regions Workshop 

Membership of 

regional 


groups 

Work 

package 

no. 

2.1.5 List of milestones: 

Date due 

Actual/ 

Forecasted 

delivery date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

WP1 31 33 UiT 

WP1 33 37 IPGP 

WP1 35 37 

WP1 32 36 

Lead 

contractor 

IPGP- 

IFREMER 

IPGP- 

IFREMER 

Milestone 

no. 

Milestone name Work package no. Date due 

Actual/Forecasted 

delivery date 

Lead 

contractor 

M1-28 1 st VISO workshop WP1 28 28 UiT 

M1-32 

2 nd All Regions 

Workshop 

WP1 32 32 IPGP 

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April 2010 

2.2 WP 2 – Standardisation and Interoperability 

Persons in charge: Christoph Waldmann (waldmann@marum.de) 

Contact: +49 421 218 65606 

Institution: Universität Bremen (UniHB) 



WP 2 STANDARDISATION 

AND INTEROPERABILITY 

Christoph Waldmann KDM-UniHB-MARUM 

2a) Sensors and scientific 

packages 


2b) Quality assurance, 

Quality control 

Anne Holford UniAbdn 

2c) Underwater intervention Jean- Francois Drogou IFREMER 

2d) Sharing testing facilities Jean Marvaldi IFREMER 

2e) Contribution to GEOSS 

standardization and 

implementation activities 

Eric Delory dBScale 

2f) Organisation of the Best 

Practices Workshop #2 at 

IFREMER 


2g: Organisation of 


equipment tests on cabled 

sites with training activities 

Jean Marvaldi 

IFREMER 

Names of other participants (and institution names): 

Antoni Manuel (UPC) 

Jean-Yves Royer (CNRS-IUEM) 

Klaus Schleisiek (SEND) 

Gabriel Gorsky (CNRS-LOV) 

Michael Klages (KDM-AWI) 

Jon Campbell (NERC-NOCS) 

Vasilios Lykousis (HCMR) 

Jesper Zedlitz (University of Kiel) 


period 

WP2 addresses standardisation and interoperability issues from a hardware standpoint. Sensor 

interfacing, description of calibration procedures, related quality management issues and 

underwater intervention procedures are the topics that are addressed in this work package. 

The aim is not to cover the theme in full breadth but to investigate, understand, evaluate and 

recommend selected practices and standards for future use. To do so, it is necessary to form 

teams on the European and international level. 

Task 2a: To develop a strategy for evaluating sensor interface standards and demonstrate 

their applicability. 

Task 2b: To set up a quality management framework in regards to operational considerations 

within the framework of sea observatories. 

Task 2c: To formulate recommendations on underwater intervention procedures within the 

framework of sea observatories. 

Task 2d: To increase capabilities and share usage of existing facilities. 

Task 2e: To develop links to GEOSS activities.


Task 2f: To organise the 2 nd Best Practices Workshop. 

Task 2g: To organise equipment tests on cabled sites. 

The stakeholders within WP2 have always strived for a cooperative approach in carrying out 

the planned work and to demonstrate the concepts at selected events like the MARTECH 

workshop in Barcelona in November 2009. The 2 nd Best Practices Workshop, organised in 

Brest in October 2009, was a central event for WP2 for presenting the collected knowledge to 

other Partners and to formulate plans for future actions. In Europe, the ocean science 

community is in the favourable situation of being able to use existing deep-sea and shallowwater 

cabled observatories that have been established for neutrino telescopes. Therefore, it 

has been decided to specifically allocate funds to test concepts and instruments under longterm 

deployment conditions. 


Task 2a) – Sensors and scientific packages 

Within WP3 of the ESONET NoE, sensor packages have been classified into two categories: 

generic ones and specific ones (see WP3 report). This selection was based on the scientific 

demand as defined by participating experts in the field of deep-sea research. WP2 addresses 

standardisation and interoperability issues of both types of sensor, packages. 

Within this task, testing and evaluating selected interface standards such as IEEE 1451 

continued and has led to demonstrations of plug-and-work capabilities for certain sensor 

types. This was a major step towards confirming the capabilities of IEEE 1451 and also 

helped walk through the different procedures that are necessary to make implementing this 

standard possible. With the software modules that have evolved from work on this topic, other 

ESONET Partners can now easily join WP2 activities and contribute to the evaluation of the 

sensor interface standardisation concepts. Along with the activities in WP9, different levels of 

interoperability can now be addressed, starting on the sensor interface level and moving up to 

the level of a service-oriented architecture of data distribution. In cooperation with the 

ESONET PESOS group, we plan to promote the developed standardisation concepts and 

rouse the interest of European SMEs. IFREMER has developed a special micro-controller 

board that is well-suited for implementing the above-described concepts and can be made 

available to interested parties. This board will facilitate the introduction of the developed 

standardisation concepts. Activities 2a1-2a3 are dedicated to specific interoperability issues. 

Some activities are related to specific types of sensors that cannot be standardised at their 

current stage [of development], but are of importance for future observatory design and they 

are being updated in light of the constraints imposed by observatories. This is treated as an 

additional activity not listed in the original DoW: Activity 2a4. 

Activity 2a1: Preparation and implementation of the international OGC interoperability 

experiment 

During 2009, the 2 nd Ocean Science Interoperability Experiment managed by SURA was 

carried out. The experiment ended on 19 November 2009. 

The main goals were 

-to demonstrate automated retrieval and installation of IEEE 1451 and OGC SWE 

components from instruments that implement the MBARI PUCK protocol. These 

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components included IEEE 1451 TEDS, Sensor Model Language (SensorML) documents 

and instrument driver software to be executed on the instrument "host" computer. 

-to experiment with approaches to automatically detect when a sensor has been installed, 

removed or exchanged. 

ESONET participants: 

- Polytechnical University of Catalunya (UPC) – Joaquin del Rio Fernandez, Dan 

Toma 

- Bremen University – Christoph Waldmann 

- SEND Offshore Electornics GmbH – Klaus Schleisiek 

Other Participants: 

- MBARI – Kent Headley, Carlos Rueda, Tom O’Reilly 

- SmartBay Canada – Neil Cater, Eric Davis 

- Axys Technologies – Chris Ng, Reo Phillips 

- Compusult Ltd – Angela Amerault, Robert Thomas 

- RBR Ltd – Greg Johnson, Graham Jones 

- Christian Albrechts University at Kiel – Jesper Zedlitz 

The full report of the objectives achieved can be downloaded from 

http://www.oostethys.org/ogc-oceans-interoperability-experiment. The major achievement of 

this task was the successful completion of an interoperability experiment within the ESONET 

group composed of UPC, IFREMER, KDM-UniHB and the dBscale and SEND companies. 

The concepts that were evaluated were the standards IEEE 1451, the PUCK protocol from 

MBARI and different hardware and software implementations. IFREMER suggested using a 

newly developed micro-controller board that also allows for Ethernet access. In association 

with MARUM and CSIC, IFREMER implemented the prototype of the Sub-Sea Smart Sensor 

(4S) and it will be tested on OBSEA (project set up with MBARI and NEPTUNE Canada). In 

2009, IFREMER designed and manufactured the first set of "Smart Sensors" electronic 

boards. These prototypes were fully tested and qualified from a hardware point of view. A 

library of drivers was developed by IFREMER and UPC/SARTI in C language, to drive all 

embedded sub-assemblies. The development of the "Smart Sensors" software application will 

take place in 2010. 

Since this activity has been carried out as part of an international initiative led by the Open 

Geospatial Consortium, these concepts will have an impact on the ocean science community 

worldwide. Regular international telephone conferences were organised to allow for a 

coordinated approach. The final demonstration was carried out at the MARTECH conference 

in November 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. 

This activity forms the basis for defining the prototype implementation of a standardised 

sensor interface as described in deliverable report D8. 

Activity 2a2: Dissemination of the results of the standardisation activities 

During the OCEANOBS meeting in Venice, two White Papers that deal with the use of 

Sensor Web Enablement [(framework of open standards for Web-connected sensors and 

sensor systems)] and quality management issues were prepared (J. Fredericks; Integrating 

QA/QC into Open GeoSpatial Consortium Sensor Web Enablement, and B. Burnett; Quality 

Assurance of Real-Time Ocean Data (QARTOD)). These papers again evolved from an 

international partnership with US research programmes, the QARTOD and Q2O projects. 

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Activity 2a3: Generic functional diagram of an ocean observatory 

As part of the 2 nd Best Practices Workshop, a reference model for ocean observatories was 

developed that helps to focus discussions on individual components and interfaces. This is 

published in the deliverable report D50. 

Figure 2.1: Observatory reference model 

Activity 2a4: efforts on specific sensor modules 

In the framework of the ANTARES site, CNRS-LMGEM developed a new device to measure 

in situ O2 dynamics in the water column (up to 6,000 m depth) called IODA6000 as part of 

the French ANR program POTES, in collaboration with CPPM (Centre de Physique des 

Particules de Marseille, ANTARES). We have been measuring °T, Salinity and O2 

concentrations since December 2007 and O2 consumption from May to December 2008 and 

since December 2009 at 2000 m depth at the ANTARES site (NW Mediterranean Sea). These 

measurements provide high-frequency in situ real-time data. Since January 2009, a monthly 

cruise (of 3 days) has been carried out. The objective is to calibrate and validate in situ realtime 

measurements using CTD-O2 profiles. These activities are supported by FP6 ESONET 

NoE, FP7 EuroSITES, INSU Opera, INSU Dark Vador, Université de la Méditerranée 

AAMIS, CPER PRIMA. 

� KDM-Jacobs University (JUB) is participating in the NEPTUNE Canada project. 

Laurenz Thomsen is PI for the Barkley Canyon activities and has regular contacts with 

the NEPTUNE Canada coordinators. Tests with EU equipment have been performed 

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off Vancouver Island and new ROV transport technology has been tested with JUB’s 

deep-sea crawler. Since September 2009, JUB has had access to an internet-operated 

vehicle, which has successfully carried EU sensor packages to 900 m water depth off 

Vancouver Island. KDM was regularly informed about these developments. 

� As a general contribution to standardisation and interoperability, INGV has 

undertaken adaptations to increase the compatibility and interoperability of its own 

equipment (observatories, handling systems, etc.). This activity also included 

verification of the Partners’ infrastructure features and the definition of the practical 

procedures for interfacing with the existing infrastructure of other ESONET Partners. 

The INGV activities in this WP have also extended access to INGV equipment to all 

other ESONET Partners. INGV has obtained indications for SensorML encoding of its 

instruments’ sensing and tasking characteristics to contribute to this activity using its 

own specific instrumentation. 

� Within the framework of the MODOO demonstration mission (DM), NIOZ defined 

standards for communication between the Develogic acoustic modem and a RDI 

Workhors ADCP (300 kHz), a Seabird CT (which is interfaced to a Wetlabs 

Flourometer and OBS) as well as a Technicap Sediment trap motor. An XML protocol 

format was developed to request data remotely, change settings and start the sediment 

trap motor at any given time with a definable sampling interval. These protocols and 

range of possible settings are currently integrated and implemented together with 

satellite data link protocols and will be documented as part of the MODOO project. 

� As part of piezometer manufacturing and marketing (developed by IFREMER), NKE 

has set up the interface so that it can be used with deep-sea observatories such as 

Costof. 

Task 2b) – Quality assurance, Quality control 

Activity 2b1: Transferring quality management concepts into practical 

recommendations 

The University of Aberdeen produced a draft template for the ESONET quality manual, 

paying special attention to the requirements for implementing the ESONET label and the 

ESONET Yellow Pages systems. Review and updates to the standard interface document, a 

quality plan and a quality manual will be the tasks that need to be done over the next few 

months, once consortium members have commented on these documents. The results from 

this work is summarised in the deliverable report D39. 

Activity 2b2: Harmonisation with other EU projects 

Through their involvement in ESONET, KM3NET and EuroSITES, Univ. Aberdeen and 

HCMR can provide insight into the discussions going on in all three projects. Harmonisation 

activities focussed on data protocols and on quality checks for procedures that have been 

developed within EuroSITES. 

In particular, it was recommended to follow procedures developed within international and 

European programs (OceanSITES, SEPRISE, MyOcean, etc.): after the first level of data 

quality assurance, two types of daily files are produced — ASCII (Medatlas) and Binary 

(NetCDF) — to comply with standards. 

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Task 2c) – Underwater intervention 

Activity 2c1: From concepts to operations: feedback on underwater intervention 

procedures 

During the deployment of the LOOME observatory, the UniHB implemented the 

recommended practices and reported their experience to the task leader. This process is 

necessary to make progress in the simulation of underwater manipulations. A report for the 

LOOME DM summarises the deployment procedure. Some procedures were already provided 

by other demonstration missions participants during the second period. 

Activity 2c2: Development of Best Practices from simulation procedures 

Simulation facilities to train pilots for observatory maintenance procedures are currently 

under construction at IFREMER and KDM-UniHB. Although commercial systems are 

available, they do not provide the flexibility that is needed for simulating scientific 

operations. Both partners are working closely together to tackle particular issues such as 

simulating the plugging process for underwater connectors. 

Deliverable report D51, under the responsibility of IFREMER, is scheduled to be completed 

later than foreseen due to important health problem of the main responsible. Only a draft is 

provided now to present the status of the work done. The final version is postponed to 

September 2010.. 

Task 2d) - Sharing testing facilities 

Activity 2d1: Practical implementation of device testing concepts 

This activity focuses on promoting discussion and exchanges of information between 

ESONET Partners on 

- existing testing facilities: on land, in coastal water areas or deep-sea sites; 

- functional and environmental test procedures of equipment; 

- calibration of sensors and measuring systems. 

The final objective is to attain shared use of Partner facilities and to draw up an agreed set of 

testing and calibration procedures for common use by the ESONET community. 

During the previous ESONET Periods, ESONET Partners were requested to provide 

information on their existing testing facilities and the test and calibration procedures that they 

use; this information is to be compiled and made available to ESONET members. A 

collaborative BSCW space was opened to register gathered information and to be a proposal 

and discussion forum. 

During the last quarter of 2009, the content of this collaborative space was transferred to the 

“ESONET Partners only” web pages, with help of ESONET Partner ALTRAN/ATLANTIDE 

http://www.esonetnoe.org/partners_only/work_package_space/wp2_standardization_and_interoperability 

The structure of the database is as follows: 

0- Notes on database set-up process and organisation of information 

1- Infrastructures and facilities 

1.1- Land-based Laboratory Facilities 

1.1.1- Environmental or operational testing facilities 

1.1.5- Sensor and measuring system calibration facilities 

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1.1.9- Discussion and proposal document area 

1.2- Coastal Water Test Areas 

1.2.1- Infrastructures and facilities 


1.3- Deep-Sea Infrastructures 

1.3.1- Infrastructures and facilities 


2- Procedures 

2.1- Environmental Tests 

2.1.1- Procedure descriptions 


2.2- Operational Tests 



2.3- Sensor and Measuring System Calibration 



The ESONET Best Practices Workshop organized in Brest in October 2009 provided a good 

foundation from which to continue the discussion on sharing testing facilities. Again, as in the 

other tasks, specific sensors were selected to undergo the suggested procedures. In 

coordination with WP3, the selected sensors should be part of the defined generic sensor 

package and CTDs can serve as a good model for that purpose. 

In January 2010, UPC received the renewal of its ISO 17025 accreditation by ENAC (Spanish 

National Accreditation Body). Facilities, such as the hyperbaric chamber, temperature 

chamber, shake table, etc., and calibration procedures to, for example, validate the junction 

box of the marine observatory OBSEA and marine instruments, such as ocean-bottom 

seismometers, CTDs, etc. were thus officially endorsed. It is recommended that other 

European laboratories follow this example and seek accreditation according to this ISO 

standard. 

As part of the testing operations (Task 2g), a new testing facility is being prepared for the 

ALBATROSS line (Autonomous Line with a Broad Acoustic Transmission for Research in 

Oceanography and Sea Sciences). ALBATROSS proposes to set up the framework for multidisciplinary 

work around the ANTARES telescope. The main objective is to reinforce the 

multi-disciplinary scientific work already carried out at the ANTARES node and to 

implement the appropriate instrumentation for oceanography, using wireless real-time data 

transmission via the deployment of a secondary junction box. 

Activity 2d2: Comparison of underwater acoustic modems 

In underwater interventions, acoustic modems play an important role, from interconnecting 

individual sensor packages by a wireless communication system to the verification of turning 

rates of ROV cable using a modem that is attached to the cable. Extensive tests of acoustic 

modems were conducted as part of ESONET and resulted in a report that describes a 

comparison of systems from different commercial suppliers. 

Two modems were deployed off Nice for testing the acoustic link between the seafloor and 

surface buoys (Evologic and SERCEL). 

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Task 2e) Contribution to GEOSS standardisation and implementation activities 

Activity 2e1: Organisation of GEOSS workshop and active participation in GEOSS 

committee meetings 

One of the major activities within GEOSS is the introduction of standards for data collection 

and dissemination. The idea is to use open standards and an open architecture to allow for the 

best use of the available information. ESONET Partners are involved in different initiatives 

related to GEOSS, such as the Standards and Interoperability Forum and the regular 

attendance of GEO task team meetings (S&T, ADC, etc.). GEOSS principles have been taken 

into account in setting up a web front-end for the ESONET sensor registry. 

In May 2009, a GEOSS workshop was organised that addressed ocean-related issues. This 

was also a chance to compare the status of ocean activities in fields such as meteorology 

which will help introduce GEOSS principles into ocean sciences. 

The final report of the workshop can be found on 

http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/newsletters/oes/html/spring09/GEOSS_Workshop.pd 

f. 

. During Period 3, dBscale has been involved in different initiatives related to GEOSS, 

periodically attending the Standards and Interoperability Forum for the design of a Taxonomy 

of standards, and the regular attendance of GEO task team meetings. 

In addition to these GEOSS-related activities, other activities are involved in this Task, 

including continuous update of ESONET for the GEOSS website, the report on the GEO SIF 

meeting in Washington DC held at IEEE headquarters (E.Delory gave attendees a 

presentation of ESONET WP2 & WP9 activities). 

D41 has been delayed due to difficulties in getting feedback from e-mail invitations to 

participate in an online survey. We are currently working with WP9 to directly contact the 

implicated parties (Data management and Infrastructure leads) for each ESONET node. 

Task 2f1) Organisation of the 2 nd Best Practices Workshop at IFREMER 

The organization of the 2 nd Best Practices Workshop brought 70 experts in the field of marine 

technology from different European institutions together. A report on the workshop is 

currently being finalised. With the involvement of partners from the US and other countries 

outside Europe, the obtained results should have a broader impact. 

The 2 nd Best Practices Workshop was divided into three sections: 

• Generic Instrumentation 

• Infrastructure 

• Standardisation and interoperability 

The guiding idea was to focus the discussions on topics that are of immediate relevance for 

ongoing work within ESONET. Regarding sensor standardisation, the foremost task was to 

come up with a reference model to have a common reference for interfaces and functional 

blocks. The infrastructure section mainly addressed issues such as corrosion during long-term 

deployments, the design of individual observatories and the evaluation of critical components 

such as acoustic modems and their role as a medium to transfer commands and data. Under 

the topic of generic instrumentation, the use of different types of acoustic sensors was a major 

point of discussion. Instruments, such as ADCPs, could serve as a template for other 

instrument types to define Best Practices procedures for handling and operation. Biochemical 

sensors hold significant interest for the ocean science community as they help elucidate 

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processes involved in modelling exchange processes in the water column and interfaces. 

Finally, during a session focussing on underwater intervention, information on ROV 

manipulation procedures in use at different European institutions was shared. 

Activity 2f2: Reporting from the Best Practices Workshop 

Individual results of the 2 nd Best Practices report have been already compiled, such as the 

observatory reference model for the integration and operation of instruments. When the last 

input has been received, the deliverable report D50 will be finalised. Only a draft version is 

delivered. 

Task 2g: Organisation of equipment tests on cabled sites with training activities 

The ESONET NoE still suffers from insufficient access to online data. Most DMs are run 

with lander deployment/retrieval and subsequent data publication. ESONET needs a Web 

portal with real-time web interface from online observatories. This was a major 

recommendation during the 2009 review of ESONET in Brussels. 

From test sites, the Web portal could be launched with a real-time web interface and provide 

incoming data and chart underwater interventions to all users (the ESONET community, 

public, industry and politicians). This will allow ESONET Partners as well as the general 

public (to a certain extent) to actively participate in ESONET research. 

As new technologies or sampling programs are experimented, real-time data connections will 

allow ESONET operators to immediately gauge progress. Particularly at coastal test sites, 

ESONET operators would be able to send a maintenance ship and ROV to the study sites on 

short notice in case of problems. Coastal test sites thus provide the best sites to try out new 

equipment for ESONET. However, deep-sea tests are also required to develop and validate 

deployment procedures. 

Consequently, a test call, “Integrated organisation of tests and observatory methodologies on 

cabled ESONET observatory sites” was published in June 2009. Emphasis was put on ten key 

issues. The call focussed on long-term deployment in deep-sea water and technical issues. 

The ESONET Coordinator received six proposals generally involving only one site. 

Only three involved ESONET sites: ANTARES, NEMO-East Sicily, Koster Fjord. Three 

proposed sites are in shallow water: Koster Fjord, Koljo Fjord, OBSEA. 

The steering committee decided to include deep-water and shallow-water sites, with the 

shallow-water sites having a role as a testbed and a demonstrator for concepts. For instance, at 

OBSEA, standardisation concepts have been implemented that are of importance for future 

observatory systems, not just in Europe but also in other parts of the world. Koljo Fjord is 

ideal for testing the performance of biochemical sensors in a highly diverse environment. The 

ANTARES and NEMO-SN1 observatories will be used for the evaluation of ROV 

manipulation procedures at deep-water sites. Common training of engineer and students will 

be part of the work programme and due to the fact that this call addresses sites with real-time 

capabilities, public outreach can be included as well. 

The Coordination team was mandated by the Steering Committee (07 October 2009) to 

manage a proposal integrating a maximum of proposed tests in a coherent way. 

A "Consensus" meeting involving participants was organised in Barcelona, Spain on 20-21 

November 2009 to prepare a merged proposal. Then the test call was discussed during the 2 nd 

Best Practices Meeting in Brest (08 October 2009). 

April 2010 31


Main recommendations were defined based on the discussions and according to the list of 

items considered for analysing the proposals. 

Now, the organisation of equipment tests at cabled test sites are well underway. A single 

proposal was compiled and evaluated by external reviewers. This task will be summarised in 

Deliverable D58. 


Due to some changes in the progression of the project such as the planning of cruises, etc., 

some deliverables, such as D39, have been delayed. Telephone conferences have been 

scheduled to discuss open issues and to continue to work towards the defined goals. The 

partners involved in the task feel that it is important to use the experience gained during the 

DM operations for the compilation of the deliverable reports. This is specially the case for the 

deliverable D41 that needs more input from the DMs. Consequently only a draft version is 

provided and a final version will be delivered in period 4. 

The deliverable D50 is provided in an acceptable version but more inputs are expected to 

finalise it in a good version. 

The deliverable D51 is six months delayed due to health problem of the main responsible of 

this report. 

Del. 

no. 

D58 

D39 

D41 

D50 

D51 

D52 

D8 

D57 



Report on selected 

test experiments on 

cabled sites 

Prototype quality 

management 

manual 

Result and analysis 

of GEOSS and 

standards survey in 

ESONET 

Report on Second 

Best Practices 

Workshop 

Training and 

simulation manual 

Report on the 

contribution to 

international 

standardisation 

initiatives 

Prototype 

implementation of 

example 

standardised sensor 

system 

Intermediate report 

from underwater 

Work 

package no. 

Date due 

Actual/ 

Forecasted 

delivery 

date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

WP2 32 38 35 35 

Lead 

contractor 

UniHB- 

IFREMER 

WP2 32 38 40 40 UniABDN 

WP2 29 30-43 60 60 dBscale 

WP2 33 36-43 35 35 KDM 

WP2 32 38-43 30 30 IFREMER 

WP2 32 34 35 35 KDM 

WP2 30 33 65 65 KDM 

WP2 33 36 40 40 IFREMER 

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Del. 

no. 


acoustic modems 

inter-comparison 

experiment 

* if available 

Milestone 

no. 

M2-30 

M2-29 

M2-32 

M2-29 

M2-28 

2.2.5 Milestones list 

Milestone name 

IEEE 1451 

implemented 

according to OGC 

IE2 requirements 

Report on GEOSS 

workshop released 

Evaluation of first 

successful 

instrument 

deployments 

Completion of 2 nd 

Best Practices 

Workshop 

Information of 

deliverable D10 

made available on 

ESONET website 

Work 

package no. 

Date due 

Work package 

no. 

Date due 

Actual/ 

Forecasted 

delivery 

date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 


delivery date 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Lead 

contractor 

Lead 

contractor 

WP2 30 30 UPC 

WP2 29 29 DBscale 

WP2 32 32 IFREMER 

WP2 29 29 KDM 


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April 2010 

2.3 WP 3 – Scientific Objectives and Observatory Design 

Persons in charge: Henry Ruhl (h.ruhl@noc.soton.ac.uk) 

Contact: +44 23 8059 6365 

Institution: NERC-NOCS 


Task 

WP 3 SCIENTIFIC 

Persons in charge of Task Teams 

OBJECTIVES AND 

OBSERVATORY DESIGN 

Henry Ruhl NOCS 

3a) Scientific objectives Henry Ruhl NOCS 

3b) Generic Science modules Jens Greinert NIOZ 

3c) Specific science modules Louis Géli IFREMER 


period 

Henry Ruhl at NERC-NOCS leads WP3 activity. During Period 3, the main activities 

included updating the D11 and D13. The main activities/tasks of WP3 overall are 

3.a.1 – To update scientific objectives; 

3.a.2 - To participate in workshops with HERMES, EuroSITES, MERSEA/MyOcean, 

EUROCEANS; 

3.b.1 – To Update the generic parameters list; 

3.b.2 - To establish links between generic technology and scientific needs; 

3c - To define specific science modules. 

All of these objectives have been achieved to at least a basic level with refinements planned 

for Period 4. 


Task 3a) – Science objectives 

Activity 3a1: Update of scientific objectives 

This was first delivered in period 2 and was updated again during period 3 (D11) including 

literature review, input from workshops and feedback from the 2 nd period review. The process 

of linking the science objectives to science module design requirements began during Period 

3. The regional implementation groups have been identified in WP1. A key topic of the All 

Regions Workshop was indeed to get updates on planning progress for each node from 

regional representatives. Breakout groups were set up to further encourage discussion of 

regional and site specific concerns. This information is being used to update implementation 

plans and identify areas where further input is needed in Period 4. NOCS and IFREMER also


organized a session at the 2009 Best Practices Workshop to review aspects related to the 

analysis of long-term data from deep-sea observatories. 

Many Partners directly participated in updating D11 during Period 3, including NERC- 

NOCS, IFREMER, KDM, INGV, ISMAR, UAç, FFCUL, CISC, UGOT, ITU, UniABDN, 

UPC, IPGP, MI, NIOZ,HCMR, UiT, and FFCUL. D11 was submitted to Progress in 

Oceanography for publication. 

Activity 3a2: Input from other European programs 

A dedicated workshop took place in Period 2. However, interaction between HERMIONE, 

EuroSITES, EMSO, and others continued to be facilitated by the participation of many 

Partners in more than one of the relevant research programs. These interactions included the 

2009 European Geophysical Union meeting, GEOSS Workshop XXVII, the VISO workshop 

and the 2009 All Regions and Best Practices workshops. The discussions and outputs from 

these workshops facilitated progress in all other areas of WP3, most directly in updating D11 

and D13. 

Task 3b) – Generic Science modules 

Activity 3b1: Update the generic parameters list 

Activity 3b2: Link between generic technology and scientific needs 

Updating the generic parameters list was also a topic that benefited from discussions at the 

above-mentioned workshops. The generic sensor module had been defined during an earlier 

stage of the project. There are no changes to the generic science module composed of a CTDtype 

sensor module that also records O2, turbidity and current data. In addition, an important 

passive acoustics module was defined for geosciences and ecology. 

More specifically, a Best Practices session on the generic module occurred with outputs being 

included in D13. This session concluded that the existing list was appropriate given factors 

such as commercially available sensors operating down to 6000 m depth with an endurance 

of 12 months or more. However, several other sensors are now being considered for addition 

to the generic parameters list including CO2, chl-a fluorescence, and time-lapse photography. 

Variants for pelagic and benthic environments were also introduced in D5 and these will be 

redefined in Period 4. Links between generic technology and scientific needs were outlined in 

D13. The questions that can be addressed using with the generic parameters were outlined. 

Task 3c) – Specific science modules 

Activity 3c1: Definition of specific science modules and links to generic technology 

Specific science modules were also outlined in D13 including several examples of how these 

modules have come together to form various observing systems. We also examined links 

between specific science modules and scientific objectives to complement 3b2. A relational 

database between objectives, specific questions and observatory module requirements is being 

created that will ultimately form an appendix to D13. Like D11, many Partners have 

contributed to D13 preparation during Period 3, including NOCS, IFREMER, NIOZ, KDM, 

ISMAR, UGOT, DBSCALE, and SEND. Node-specific workshops are also being organised 

April 2010 35


to round out planning in demonstration missions (DMs) and have (or will) include workshops 

for Celtnet/Porcupine and Ligurian nodes. In addition, a new section focusing on acoustic 

observatory modules and objectives is being prepared. This is being led by FORTH. NERSC, 

CINTAL, and ULB. The specific topics include the role of sound in the observation of the 

ocean, inverse problems in underwater acoustics related to the monitoring of the marine 

environment, ocean acoustic tomography and geoacoustic inversions, acoustic observables 

and inversion techniques, instrumentation for ocean acoustic observatories, stationary vs. 

mobile observatories, deep-water vs. shallow-water issues, ongoing experiments and IPs. In 

their partner-level reporting for Period 3, several Partners indicated several progress areas that 

fall mostly outside of the DM activities and are only partially captured in D11 and or D13, 

including NGI, HCMR, FORTH, ULB, CNRS, NOCS, ITU, NERSC, and DEU-IMST. 

NGI deployed an autonomous piezometer system at a gas industry site with a water depth of 

1300 m. The monitoring system collects data at 18, 20, and 65 m below the seabed and 4 

months of data have already been recovered. 

CNRS/LOV developed and tested an underwater vision profiler to quantify marine particles 

including sedimentation and resuspension rates with a 3000 m depth rating, which can easily 

be modified. 

Del. 

no. 

D11- 

2010 

D13- 

2010 



Deliverable name WP no. Date 

due 

Report on scientific 

background and 

objectives 

Report on science 

modules 




delivery date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Lead 

contractor 

WP3 33 33 NOCS 


Mil. no. Milestone name 

Work package 

no. 

Date due 


delivery date 

Lead 

contractor 

3.a. Update WP3 M33 NOCS 

3.b. Update WP3 M33 NOCS 

3.c. Update WP3 M33 NOCS 

April 2010 36


2.4 WP 4 – Demonstration Missions 

Persons in charge: Laura Beranzoli (beranzoli@ingv.it) 

Contact: +39 65 18 0418 

Institution: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia 



WP4 DEMONSTRATION Laura Beranzoli 

INGV 

MISSIONS 

Laura Beranzoli 

INGV 

4a) Call for proposal 

Mathilde Cannat 

IPGP 

4b) Demonstration missions: Laura Beranzoli 

INGV 

follow-up and reporting 


UPC, KDM-UniHB/MARUM, FFCUL/CGUL, INGV, CNR-ISMAR , INFN, CSIC, dBScale, 

BHT, Tecnomare-ENI, KDM-AWI, IFM-Geomar (a KDM partner), IFREMER, UiT, MPI 

ITU, CNRS, DEU/IMST, HCMR (for participation in the preparation meetings for the DM in 

the Marmara Sea, regarding the deployment of KATERINA, a prototype radon sensor), 

DOP/UAÇ, IPGP, CNRS-F, CNRS-C, SOPAB, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, 

NERSC, NERC-NOCS, IMI, NIOZ, UniABDN. 


period 

Task 4a: The WP4 work objective is to establish a framework for the development of 

demonstration missions (DMs) as practical opportunity for ESONET Partners to colloborate 

on high-quality experiments, thus strengthening the potential to make a real step toward 

integrating equipment, methodologies and facilities and meeting important scientific and 

technological challenges. The WP aims to define the criteria and procedures for DM selection 

and, upon the approval of the Steering Committee, to start the selection process, including 

evaluating and ranking proposals. 

Task 4b: To monitor the development of DMs on the basis of semester reporting and to 

facilitate the profitable use of DM results. 


Task 4a) – Call for proposals 

Task 4a had already been completed at the end of Period 2 with the selection of DMs 

submitted to the 2 nd Internal Call for DMs. The present reporting period thus includes only 

Task 4b. 

Task 4b) – Demonstration missions: follow-up and reporting 

Period 3 started with completion of the 2 nd Call for DMs, which maintained the same 

selection procedure as the 1 st Call, but thematic areas were slightly modified to favour 

proposals from oceanography, environmental and climate change disciplines. Three DMs 

April 2010 37


were approved, with the indication from the Steering Committee that two of them be merged 

as they both concentrated on the Artic node. 

According to the same document structure set up during the 1 st Call, the implementation 

plans, i.e. the reference documents for each DM development, were collected for the new 

DMs, AOEM and MODOO, in Spring 2009. The process of signing the Grant Agreements, 

which constitutes the formal framework for the development of the DMs, was thus started. 

An updated summary of the DMs approved by the ESONET Steering Committee is given in 

Table 4.1 and Fig. 4.1. 

Table 4.1 Demonstration missions approved by ESONET 

DM Name Coordinator Start Date End Date Duration 

DM progress 

(months since 

(months) start) 

DMs approved in the 1 st Call 

LIDO 

LOOME 

MARMARA- 

DM 

MOMAR-D 

Universitat Politecnica 

de Catalunya (E) 

Michel André 

Max Planck Institute 

MM (D) 

Dirk de Beer 

IFREMER (F) 

Louis Geli 

IFREMER (F) 

Pierre-Marie Sarradin 

DMs approved in the 2 nd Call 

AOEM 

MODOO 

National Oceanographic 

Centre 

Southampton (UK) 

Ian Wright 

IFM-GEOMAR (D) 

Johannes Karstensen 

01.09.2008 31.08.2010 24 9 

01.02.2008 31.12.2010 35 16 

01.04.2008 30.09.2010 30 14 

01.09.2008 31.08.2010 24 9 

01.07.09 31.10.2010 16 To be started 

01.05.09 30.09.2010 17 1 

April 2010 38


Figure 4.1. Location of ESONET demonstration missions 

According to the ESONET DoW, periodic reports of each in-progress DM (LIDO, LOOME, 

MARMARA-DM, MOMAR-D) and the ones that have just started (AOEM and MODOO), 

were due in May 2009 from the DM Coordinators to complete the 2 nd Periodic Report on DM 

status (D45a) and deliver it by June 2009. The Marmara DM semester report was sent in 

September 2009, during the preparation and organisation of the 2 nd All Regions Workshop. 

This caused an additional delay and the final version of D45a was completed and delivered in 

early November 2009. In spite of this delay, the 2 nd All Regions Workshop provided the 

opportunity to have a general view on and discuss the status of the work developed by the 

Partners in the DMs, with additional details on the first scientific and technical results. Period 

3 of ESONET has been fundamental for the development of the DMs, because for most DMs, 

the technical work needs to be completed for the experiments at sea planned for the second 

half of 2009. 

The LOOME DM continued to monitor the Håkon Mosby mud volcano (Norwegian Margin) 

already started the previous year. A new seafloor platform equipped with sensors was 

deployed together with an OBS to extend the recording of measurements previously acquired 

with autonomous sensors (e.g., temperature and pore pressure). 

The LIDO DM proceeded with a new deployment of the GEOSTAR multi-parameter 

observatory and its instrumented surface buoy at the Iberian Margin site, in collaboration with 

the NEAREST EC Project to detect potential tsunami signals and subsequently notify a shore 

station. The enhanced NEMO-SN1 observatory, following hardware and software 

adaptations, underwent a test phase in view of deployment in Summer 2010. 

The MARMARA-DM developed a set of sea operations geared to the characterisation of the 

seismogenic fault area using acoustic detection of gas emissions, AUV micro-bathymetry and 

sea-bottom deployment of BOB (acoustic gas bubble detector), en-route surveys to map and 

sample dissolved gas in the water column and high-resolution 3D seismic surveys on the 

western area. Deployment of seafloor monitoring modules included SN-4, a seafloor multiparameter 

observatory of the GEOSTAR type, and 10 OBSs and 5 piezometers. 

April 2010 39


The MODOO DM mainly addressed outlying and building hardware, in particular the Data 

Collection and Dissemination (DCD) node to be connected to the MODOO lander and 

mooring. This is in view of the deployment and the recovery cruise in the Porcupine Abyssal 

Plain off southwest Ireland scheduled for May/June 2010. 

The MOMAR-D is proceeding with the final definition of the observatory and the start the 

technological work: designing and building the sensors/nodes, adapting sensor software to 

SEAMON technology. The objective is to start trials in Brest by Spring 2010. The cruise to 

implement the observatory infrastructure on Lucky Strike (Azores), is now scheduled for 

September 2010 (R/V Pourquoi pas? and ROV Victor 6000). 

The AOEM (ESONET Arctic site), for which the Grant Agreement and Implementation Plan 

had to be amended, commenced in July 2009 with the preparation of the geophysical 

experiments for assessing the variability of the acoustic signature of the bubble plumes in the 

water column, monitoring the thermal signal of fluids expelled from the sediment and 

determining the micro-seismological expression of hydrate dissociation and fluid escape. The 

technical work that has started includes the identification of available technical solutions for 

data transfer from Fram Strait moorings to land and of feasible ocean water column 

deliverables that can be collected from the cabled network and meet the requirements of user 

community. 


3. Delay in the signature of the AOEM DM Grant Agreement (2 nd Call). The delay was 

due to the planned participation of an institution which is not an ESONET consortium 

Partner. This Sub-contracting was not provided for ESONET, so the ESONET 

Coordinator prepared a request of contract amendment including modifications of 

financial information. This amendment request took a longer time than expected. . 

4. The delivery of Marmara-DM semester report was delayed for about 3 months. This 

was in part due to the overlap of the report deadline with the preparation and 

subsequent development of sea operations in the Sea of Marmara, which involved all 

the Partners of the DM. This kind of delay may be recurrent at this stage (at-sea 

operations) and are difficult to overcome given the large number of partners involved 

in DM reporting. Repeated solicitations and reminders with warnings of cutting off 

DM funds to Partners may be necessary to achieve punctual reporting. 

Note from the coordinator: the deliverable D45b is not delivered yet due to the delay of the 

deliverable D45a. 

Del. 

no. 

D45a 


Deliverable 

name 

Second 

periodical report 

WP 

no. 

Date 

due 


delivery date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Lead 

contractor 

WP4 28 31 278.5 INGV 

April 2010 40


Del. 

no. 

Deliverable 

name 

on 

Demonstration 

Missions 

Third periodical 

report on 

D45b 

Demonstration 

Missions 


Mil. 

no. 

M4-30 

WP 

no. 


Date 

due 


delivery date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Lead 

contractor 

WP4 33 39 278.5 INGV 

Milestone name WP no. Date due Actual/Forecasted 

delivery date 

Lead 

contractor 

Status report on 

Demonstration Missions 

WP4 30 36 INGV 

April 2010 41


2.5 WP 5 – Implementation Strategies 

Persons in charge: Mick Gillooly (michael.gillooly@marine.ie) and Fiona Grant 

(fiona.grant@marine.ie) 

Contact: +353 91 387200 

Institution: Marine Institute 



WP 5 IMPLEMENTATION 

STRATEGIES 

5a) Science, Engineering and 

business plans for generic 

cable and stand-alone sites 

5b) Legal, Ethical and 

Environmental (LEE) 

5c) Comparative work 

5d) Reporting to EMSO and 

mobilising the NoE on longterm 

strategy funding plan 

5e) Reporting to EMSO and 

mobilize the network of 

excellence on logistical, 

engineering and technical 

aspects of deep-sea 

observatories 

5f) High level implementation 

structure/organization and 

regional integration bodies 

M. Gillooly 

Fiona Grant 

Juanjo Dañobeitia 

Fiona Grant 

Jaume Piera 

Olaf Pfannkuche 

Fiona Grant 

Jaume Piera 


Fiona Grant 

Jaume Piera 


Fiona Grant 

Mick Gillooly 

Roland Person 

Paolo Favali 

Jean-François Rolin 

Monty Priede 

Anne Holford 

Fiona Grant 

Mick Gillooly 

Roland Person 

Paolo Favali 


Juanjo Danobeitia (CSIC) 

Xavier Gracia (CSIC) 

Michel André (UPC) 

Edi Bauerfeind (AWI) 

Norman Lochthofen (AWI) 

Nick O’Neill (SLR Consulting) 

Ana Colaço (University of Azores) 

Pier Luigi Franceschini (INGV) 

Mathilde Cannat (IPGP) 

IMI 

IMI 

CSIC 

IMI 

CSIC 

IFM-GEOMAR 

IMI 

CSIC 

IFM-GEOMAR 

IMI 

CSIC 

IFM-GEOMAR 

IMI 

IMI 

IFREMER 

INGV 

IFREMER 

UniABDN 

UniABDN 

IMI 

IMI 

IFREMER 

INGV 

Jean-Jacques Destelle (CNRS) 

Jérôme Blandin (IFREMER) 

Yves Auffret (IFREMER) 

Jean-François Drogou (IFREMER) 

Henry Ruhl (NOCS) 

Louis Geli (IFREMER) 

Jean-François Masset (IFREMER) 

Hanne Sagen (NERSC) 

April 2010 42



period 

WP5 is to utilise and build on the outputs of the ESONIM SSA and includes joint activities of 

ESONET NoE members for the development and preparation of infrastructure projects, 

building from input from the NoE members. WP5 aims to analyse and integrate the activities 

and to assist in the preparation of applications to national and international funding agencies 

including input for proposals, if required. 

Task 5a: 

5a1: The objective is to update the over-arching specification of user needs and update the 

justification for the establishment of a European Seafloor Observatory Network. 

5a2: The objective is to provide the over-arching specification of user needs and scientific 

justification for the establishment of a stand-alone site. 

5a3: The objective is to review the outputs from the ESONIM model, update the technical 

specifications of the observatory components as appropriate for a generic cabled observatory 

and provide updated cost estimates. 

5a4: The objective is to develop an engineering solution for the design, development, 

construction and deployment of a stand-alone system and to provide cost estimates, which can 

be used in the Financial task. 

5a5: The objective is to review the business plan and financial model from ESONIM and 

produce an overall estimate. 

5a6: The objective is to develop a business plan and financial model for a stand-alone observatory. 

Task 5b: 

5b3: To comment and complete the LEE database. 

5b4: The objective is to draft a final report on suggested best practices and guidelines 

Task 5c: 

To compare the over-arching specification of user needs and the scientific justification for the 

establishment of a cabled observatory versus a stand-alone site. 

Task 5d: 

To ensure reporting to EMSO and mobilise the ESONET Network of Excellence on a longterm 

strategy funding plan. 

Task 5e: 

To ensure reporting to EMSO and to mobilise the ESONET Network of Excellence on 

logistical, engineering and technical aspects of deep-sea observatories. 

Task 5f: 

To propose a high-level implementation structure/organisation and Regional Integration 

Bodies. 

April 2010 43



Task 5a) - Science, Engineering and business plans for generic cable and stand-alone 

sites 

Activity 5a1: Science – Generic cable site WG 

Activity 5a2: Science – Stand-alone site WG 

Activity 5a3: Engineering – Generic cable site WG 

Activity 5a4: Engineering – Stand-alone site WG 

Activity 5a5: Business plan and financial model – Generic cable site WG 

Activity 5a6: Business plan and financial model – Stand-alone site WG 

Considerable advances were achieved in WP5 over the course of Period 3 for the ESONET 

NoE. In the previous reporting period, report D5 had been prepared and delivered which 

outlined the preliminary work done in the Generic Cable and Generic Stand-alone WGs (Task 

5a). The science, business and engineering backgrounds for each solution have been fully 

described in D5. 

Task 5b) – Legal, Ethical and Environmental (LEE) 

Activity 5b3: Phase 3. Analysis of content 

Activity 5b4: Phase 4. Best Practices and guidelines 

These activities are reported below for a more comprehensive reading. 

Task 5c) – Comparative work 

For D48, the focus of some WP5 participants was mainly on Task 5c – Comparative work 

between the two work groups (WGs) from a science, engineering and business plan/costing 

perspective. This work has primarily been done by Fiona Grant (IMI) in conjunction with 

Jaume Piera and Xavier Garcia (CSIC). Important background work had already been done by 

other WP participants listed above. The science and engineering elements were prepared by 

CSIC colleagues while the IMI focused on comparative costings for both solutions. There was 

also an update for some of the legal issues around the application for ERIC status and 

decommissioning. 

In parallel with the process of reporting to EMSO on the implementation model (D46), the 

project coordinators and Steering Committee members strove to finalise the implementation 

plan for ESONET-EMSO. This work also formed the basis of D48. Jean-Francois Rolin 

(IFREMER) and Fiona Grant (IMI) devoted time to the refinement of the cost models for the 

revised implementation plans. This work has proven invaluable for funding agencies and the 

Steering Committees of both the ESONET and EMSO projects. 

D47, the online database to include local, national and European legal, ethical and 

environmental (LEE) documents became available in early 2010 for use by Partners and the 

EMSO PP. It proved an invaluable information source for the preparation of material on 

Regional Legal Entities for ESONET/EMSO. 

April 2010 44


Michel Andre of UPC has headed the LEE work being done as part of WP5 and prepared the 

report on the LEE Best Practices. This report and annexes have been completed and form part 

of D48. 

Task 5d) – Reporting to EMSO and mobilising the NoE on long-term strategy funding 

plan 

In Period 3, WP participants focused on a variety of tasks and deliverables, many of which 

were complementary in nature. There was considerable synergy between the ESONET and 

EMSO projects in Period 3, which is one of the main tasks of this work package. 

Fiona Grant was primarily responsible for the delivery of D14, which was based on the online 

database (D47) collated by colleagues at UPC and Atlantide. 

The D46 Report to EMSO on the implementation model (ESONET NoE) was a collaborative 

effort led by Nick O’Neill of SLR Consulting, with significant input from Jean-Francois Rolin 

(IFREMER), Mick Gillooly (IMI), Roland Person (IFREMER), Paolo Favali and Pier Luigi 

Franceschini (INGV), Henry Ruhl (NOCS) and Fiona Grant (IMI). The Steering Committee 

members had an advisory and editing role in the preparation of the document, which is to be 

presented to the ESONET and EMSO Strategic (STRAC) committees in late February 2010. 

There are a number of annual deliverables in WP5 – namely D20-2010 to D23-2010. These 

are prepared primarily by IFREMER with back-up assistance by the WP5 leader. 

Task 5e) – Reporting to EMSO and mobilising the network of excellence on logistical, 

engineering and technical aspects of deep-sea observatories 

- 

Task 5f) – High-level implementation structure/organisation and Regional Integration 

Bodies 

These are activities slated for the next 18 months. 


For WP5. Period 3 of the project was a busy one for WP5 participants who are on course to 

deliver a number of key elements of the project before the final phase of the NoE (Period 4). 

The link with EMSO- PP activities is reinforced implying common activities with EMSO 

partners to discuss on the common infrastructure (see deliverable D46), and for instance the 

fleet. Due to the need of a more mature vision of the possible infrastructures the deliverable 

D20 –2010 and D22-2010 are delayed to September 2010. 

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Del. no. Deliverable name WP no. Date due 

D14 

D20-2010 

D21-2010 

D22-2010 

D23-2010 

D46 

D47 

Report on workshops to 

facilitate and broker 

partnership, 

Tutorials/meetings on 

implementation plans and 

replies to infrastructure 

proposals; on site 

assessment, legal model, 

environmental constraints 

and their associated 

ethical 

Report on long-term 

planned research and cooperation 

between 

research organization in 

Europe 

Document outlining 

agreement on cooperation 

between 

organizations involved in 

developing technology 

(internationally and fleet 

related) 

Report on confidential 

meetings between 

commercial companies 

and ESONET WP leaders 

Report on meetings to 

discuss long-term 

funding for seafloor 

observatories involving 

representatives from 

funding agencies 

Report to EMSO on 

Implementation model 

(ESONET NoE) 

Online database to 

include local, national 

and European legal, 

ethical and 

environmental (LEE) 

documents 

Final report on Best 

Practices, guidelines for 

D48 

LEE issues and 

implementation plans 



Actual/ 

Forecasted 

delivery 

date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Lead 

contractor 

WP5 30 36 22.5 IMI 





WP5 30 36 7 IMI 

WP5 30 36 23 UPC 

WP5 30 36 24 UPC 

Mil. no. Milestone name Work package no. Date due 


delivery date 

Lead 

contractor 

- - - - - - 

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2.6 WP 6 – Socio-Economic Users 

Persons in charge: Juan Miguel Miranda (jmiranda@fc.ul.pt) 

Contact: +351 217 500 809 

Institution: Fundacao da Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade de Lisboa 



WP 6 SOCIO ECONOMIC 

USERS 

Juan Miguel Miranda 

FFCUL 

6a) Core services stakeholders Nick O’Neill SLR Consulting 

6b) Regional services 

stakeholders 

Juan Miguel Miranda FFCUL 

6c) Promotion and SME 

policy 

Jean-François Rolin 

IFREMER 


Vasilios Likousis (HCMR) 


period 

According to the DoW of ESONET, the objectives of WP6 are to determine/outline (i) direct 

clients for data, information and/or infrastructure; (ii) indirect users of information, such as 

education or outreach programs; (iii) possibilities for integration within decision-support 

tools. This involves the (i) development of permanent contacts with identified potential users; 

(ii) development of models for evaluating the benefits of the European Seas Observatory 

Network to its users; (iii) assessment of the impact of ESONET on European society as a 

whole; (iv) discussion with the military and industry to explore possible synergy; (v) 

identification of limitations of available observation technology, to foster development, by the 

European private sector (SMEs), of new tools for the submarine monitoring of the Earth, 

either sensors, data-browsers or value-added services. 

These objectives are met by (i) promoting the need for subsea observatories, disseminating 

the results of ESONET NoE and (ii) establishing permanent links to socio-economic users. 

These objectives require developing stronger links between the present and future 

stakeholders of ESONET, disseminating the latest results of the network to the general public 

and promoting the harmonious development of the different regional infrastructures. 

Task 6a: To organise meetings with stakeholders of the core services 

Task 6b: To organise formal meetings with ESONET node stakeholders during the 2 nd All 

Regions Workshop based on the implementation plans. 

Task 6c: To promote and define ESONET SME policy 

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Task 6a) - Core services stakeholders 

The attendance of IFREMER, FFCUL & SLR at events and conferences, the workshops that 

have been organised, the stands visited and exhibitors approached in the previous period 

resulted in more and more equipment manufacturers and service providers becoming aware of 

the ESONET NoE. Industry players have shown increasing interest since the start of the 

demonstration missions (DMs). Equipment manufacturers have seen that funds are spent on 

ocean observatory activities. As a result, companies have become more pro-active in 

populating the Yellow Pages of ESONET suppliers. This was apparent at the 2 nd Best 

Practices Workshop on 8-9 October 2009 at IFREMER-Brest. In June 2009, at the VISO 

Workshop in Tromso, Norway, industry stakeholders of ESONET formed a working group to 

discuss how the service companies and customers of ESONET observatories could contribute 

to the implementation of ocean observatories in Europe. At the Steering Committee Meeting 

in Amsterdam in December 2009, this initiative was pursued by defining the role of the 

industry core services stakeholders in the implementation plan for ESONET. 

Task 6b) – Regional services stakeholders 

HELLENIC SITE: Dissemination of data and information products of the stand-alone 

POSEIDON-Pylos Observatory (Hellenic site): All data produced by the POSEIDON-Pylos 

observatory have been integrated into the POSEIDON information system. The daily files in 

ASCII/MEDATLAS or NetCDF formats are made available to the scientific community 

through an ftp server. This type of dissemination is mainly for operational systems that use 

automated download procedures. Off-line data are also made available through the web 

system of the POSEIDON system (www.poseidon.hcmr.gr). This web page offers several 

functionalities for end-users and regional services, including 

• a quick look at the latest data (a subsample of parameters) in tabular form. This is an 

open service that allows users to have an overview of the latest marine observations in 

their area of interest. It is mainly targeted to the wider user community (general 

public) and to regional services; meteorological, surface oceanographic (temperature, 

waves, currents), water column (salinity, temperature, ambient/biological noise) and 

seabed (temperature, water column pressure/tsunami) parameters are displayed; 

• a viewing service (static graphical display) of a time series of the last 15 days. This 

service is also open to all users and allows a detailed overview of the variability 

occurring over the previous 2 weeks. The service is targeted to both the wider public 

and scientific users of the system and thus includes all parameters monitored by the 

buoy network. 

Discovery and download service for all data of the system: The data that have been collected 

during the whole POSEIDON-network operation are easily accessible through a Web 

interface to the system's database. The database is updated daily, offering full access to both 

archived and recent data. The user has also access to multiple metadata information regarding 

the buoy sensors, location, operational period and other combined information. This service is 

targeted to the scientific community and is restricted to registered users. 

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Task 6c) – Promotion and SME policy 

In the past 12 months, most efforts were focussed on developing the interface with the private 

sector. In particular, this involves the development and implementation of ESONET Yellow 

Pages (EYP), the promotion of ESONET within the private sector via the activity in PESOS 

and the publication of ESONEWS as a tool to disseminate the objectives and the current 

implementation status of the project. 

Activity 6c1: Initiating communication policy with ESONET News 

Issues of ESONEWS were devoted to DMs, where results could already be shown. Volume 3, 

issue 1 was dedicated to the Marmara and MomarD DMs; Issue 2-3 was a 16 page newsletter 

entirely dedicated to LOOME. ESONEWS now has a wide distribution among equipment 

manufacturers, service companies and potential end-users. In addition to distribution by email 

as an e-zine, hard copies are regularly distributed at conferences and workshops. ESONEWS 

is printed (1500 copies each issue) and distributed by post to the ESONET community. The 

newsletter is also distributed electronically as pdf files through ESONET web page. Through 

ESONEWS, the companies who supply equipment and services to ocean observatories and 

potential new end-users of ocean observation services are kept informed of the progress in 

installing ocean observation sites in Europe and how they can participate. 

Figure 6.1: Some pages of the ESONEWS Newsletter 

Activity 6c2: SME Group operations (PESOS) 

Prior to the Oceans 09 Conference, the PESOS management committee sent out invitations to 

all ocean observatory equipment suppliers who had exhibited at Oceanology International 

2008 to attend an ESONET information meeting in Bremen. The PESOS Meeting was held 

on 13 May 2009, during the IEEE Ocean’s 2009 meeting, where progress on the development 

of ESONET observatories was presented to companies and SMEs in the ocean industry 

sectors. The first release of ESONET Yellow Pages (EYP) was also presented. In addition to 

description of equipment, performances and links to the manufacturer’s website, EYP 

displays the level of testing, standardisation and the diversity of use. The pages include a 

forum-like exchange of experience on long-term behaviour, good practices, calibration 

April 2010 49


methods, and references on use of equipment by members of the ESONET community. The 

advantages of participating in EYP were presented to the companies attending. 

Figure 2: Jean-François Rolin presenting the strategy of ESONET to the private sector at the 

IEEE Ocean’s 09 Meeting. 

The feedback from the more than 25 representatives of the private sector who attended was 

very positive. The role of the EYP in conveying information on existing technology that can 

be used to develop the subsea observatory network was emphasised. Also, the follow-up 

meeting in Tromso, Norway in June 2009 brought together members of PESOS to discuss 

how industry could contribute to the implementation of ocean observatories in Europe. 

PESOS members continue to use formal meetings at conferences, ESONEWS and the EYP to 

interact with ESONET Partners on matters of mutual interest, to learn about the activities of 

other equipment suppliers in ESONET and to develop synergies between equipment and 

service companies involved in ocean observatories for mutual benefit. 

Activity 6c3: ESONET Yellow Pages (EYP) 

The development of the EYP was a priority in the last 12 months. EYP was presented at the 

Bremen PESOS meeting to obtain feedback from the PESOS group on the information 

inventoried and made available, the quality of the web interface and the future developments. 

EYP is now available online. The home page is presented in Figure 6.3. 

Figure 6.3: ESONETt Yellow Pages homepage 

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Five levels of information are organised within EYP. 

The first level involves the sensors. Most of the work effort on the development of EYP was 

directed towards organising sensor information as a database to prepare for future 

compatibility with standardisation procedures on SensorML description. Each sensor is 

described by a set of characteristics that allow easy comparison between different alternatives 

available on the market. 

Sensors are organised in categories: ADCPs, Conductivity, CTDs, Current meters, Depth, DO 

sensors, Flow meters, Fluorometers, Geophones, Hydrophones, Magnetometers, 

Multiparameters, PAR sensors, pH sensors, Pressure sensors, Redox, Sediment 

traps,Temperature, Tiltmeters, Transmisiometers, Turbidity and Water samplers. These 

categories and the structure of each category can be dynamically changed by a web interface 

open only to users with adminstrator status. 

The second level of information involves the “hardware components” for deep-sea 

observatories. It contains information on a set of devices, namely acoustic releases, cameras, 

connectors, etc. These devices are described in the same way as sensors, and organised by 

category: Acoustic releases, Cameras, Connectors, Data loggers, Floats, Housings, Lasers, 

Lights, Underwater batteries, Underwater cables, Underwater switches. 

The third level of information involves services. This level is still under development but 

intends to give information on services that are relevant to deep-sea observatories and 

provided by the private sector in a broad sense: hardware, data processing, operation, etc.. 

The forth level of information involves manufacturers. Here, information on the 

companies that are able to provide equipment, supplies or services connected with the 

objectives of ESONET are included. More than a 100 different manufacturers are already 

inventoried and correctly linked to the products they market. 

The amount of information is increasing continuously, along with the number of users. In an 

annex, we present the automated analysis of EYP use. A tool was designed to monitor the 

characteristics of the user community. Results have been presented in D17. 


Concerning Deliverable D17 “REPORT ON PROMOTION AND SME POLICY” it was 

decided to prepare an updated version after the consolidation of EYP and PESOS. The new 

version is now available. 

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Del. no. 



D15 ESONET News “ESONET News 

Europeans observe the deep-sea” 









D17- 

2009 

Milestone no. 

Work package 

no. 

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Date due (month) 


delivery date 

Estimated 

indicative personmonths 

Used indicative 

person-months 

Lead contractor 

WP6 26 28 25.5 FFCUL 

WP6 29 32 41 FFCUL 

WP6 32 32 8 FFCUL 

WP6 35 38 10 FFCUL 

WP6 38 40 FFCUL 

Report in promotion and SME policy WP6 30 33 FFCUL 


Milestone name 

M6-26 ESONEWS WP6 26 26 FFCUL 

Work package no. 

Date due (month) 


delivery date 

M6-29 ESONEWS WP6 29 29 FFCUL 

M6-33 Formal Regional Nodes Meetings WP6 33 28 FFCUL 

Lead contractor


April 2010 

2.7 WP 7 – Education and Outreach 

Persons in charge: Prof. Laurenz Thomsen (l.thomsen@jacobs-university.de) 

Contact: +49 421 200 3254 

Institution: Jacobs University Bremen 


Task 

WP 7 EDUCATION AND 

OUTREACH 

Persons in charge of Task Team 

7a) Educational Tools 

7b) Web portal with real-time 

Laurenz Thomsen JUB 

web interface 


Autun Purser (KDM-JUB) Anastasios Tselepides (HCMR) 


period 

The main objective of outreach and training is to develop and support comprehensive 

interdisciplinary programs for research, education and public outreach on deep waters around 

Europe. 


Task 7a1 

Web page update (D49) 

The web page has been kept up to date, with announcements, training workshops and further 

details on ESONET. New sections on demonstration missions (DMs), ESONET special 

reports, links to other European ocean projects, new school material links were added. 

The site now includes GOOGLE ANALYTICS code – we can track how visitors arrive on the 

page (search engines, other pages etc), what pages are of interest, in which countries the pages 

are consulted, how long visitors stay and where they go. 

IFREMER’s Communications Department has supported the ESONET Coordination team 

by making the the dedicated visual style more vibrant and by updating communication tools. 

Leaflets, logo, internet sites and PowerPoint templates will thus be improved and more 

effectual. 

SOPAB – Oceanopolis continued to take part in the organisation of a side event at 

Oceanopolis to promote the MOMAR-D cruise and took part in the conference 

OCEANOBS'09 (Venice, September 2009) where they held HD video interviews: four 

interviews with scientists involved in ESONET and three interviews with leaders of three 

international observatory networks (NEPTUNE Canada, Doonet Japan, OOI USA ). These 

videos will be used in the future and can be incorporated on the Web. SOPAB also made a 10 

min film called "Why observe the Oceans?" It is an HD video film in three versions (English, 

French and international) targeted to the general public. It underlines the need for


observatories to better understand the oceans, as well as seafloors, and their interactions with 

the atmosphere. 

INGV is producing videos tailored to the general public and scientists. Starting from the 

second semester of Period 3, a 3D video related to the sea operations of LIDO and Marmara- 

DM DMs were produced. 

Translations 

The translation of ESONET material continues. The main website was translated into 

numerous languages: French, Swedish, Turkish, Russian, German, Spanish, Bulgarian, 

Welsh, Romanian. The ‘Ocean Monitoring’ game is being translated into several languages. 

The Interactive modules were translated into Greek, for use at the Crete Aquarium. 

The ESONET brochure was translated into Spanish, Swedish, Bulgarian. ALTRAN translated 

some of the "Training & Outreach" web pages from English to French 

School Materials School Page (D49) 

A 47 page .pdf teaching aid was produced to introduce ocean science to 10–14 yr olds. The 

package was specifically designed to fit in with national curriculums. Special attention was 

given to requirements for online, real-time data acquisition. 

There is an interactive ‘Schools’ page with various modules relating to ESONET activity. 

UAC is developing a educational kit/game. 

Task 7a2 

Training workshops 

Two workshops were held this year: one general workshop in Bremen, Germany associated 

with IEEE and one geohazard-specific workshop in Turkey. A report was submitted to the 

Coordinator (Deliverable D40). 

A training workshop on “Seafloor observation Techniques for Marine Geohazards 

Monitoring” was organized by ITU in Istanbul on 18-19 August 2009. More than 50 

participants from different organisations in Turkey and Europe attended the workshop. The 

abstracts and presentations are published on the project website: http://www.esonet.marmaradm.itu.edu.tr). 

D32 Introduction to Demonstration missions 

Introductory pages were published online for the DM sites LIDO, LOOME, MoMAR, 

Marmara and MODOO. Links and up-to-date information for each mission is provided. 

Task 7a 3 

Deliverable D65. By using the Crete Aquarium (Thalassokosmos) as an education and 

outreach vehicle, ESONET has strengthened and promoted educational possibilities for 

students of all ages, as well as the general public. In 2009, Thalassokosmos received a total of 

300 000 visitors of whom 59 000 (approx. 20%) were schoolchildren and students. Of these, 

26 000 came in organised groups from their institutions, while the remaining 33 000 came as 

independent visitors. Despite the recent financial crisis, visitors in 2009 increased by 15% 

compared to 2008. A further increase is expected for 2010. Through Thalassokosmos, HCMR 

built an educational website displaying ongoing research projects and class material for 

students and the general public. A variety of academic courses (introduction to the marine 

environment, marine pollution, marine biodiversity, tropical ecology, etc.) are available as 

deliverables of the EU project ORION. ESONET is taking advantage of the course material 

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produced within ORION and has added a technological perspective. Outreach initiatives were 

undertaken at various levels during the last year. TV, radio and press interviews and articles 

presented the main aims of ESONET to the general public in Greece and to the visitors of 

Thalassokosmos. 

A series of meetings were held between FFCUL and Lisbon Aquarium to discuss the 

installation of a plasma screen to diffuse outreach information prepared by ESONET. As a 

result an agreement was reached and communicated to WP7 coordination. 

Task 7a4 

Communication in outreach-dedicated meetings was carried out throughout 2009 by all 

Partners involved. Through Thalassokosmos, HCMR built an educational website displaying 

ongoing research projects and class material for students and the general public. A variety of 

academic courses (introduction to the marine environment, marine pollution, marine 

biodiversity, tropical ecology, etc.) are available as deliverables of the EU project ORION 

that has produced a wealth of educational material linking teachers, schoolchildren and 

undergraduate students. The aim of this course is to provide basic knowledge on the marine 

environment for those entering this field of study for the first time as well as for those whose 

profession requires them to take decisions relating to, or having an effect on the marine 

environment. It also provides an overview of the marine environment for educators engaged 

in environmental studies at varying levels. ESONET is taking advantage of the course 

material produced within ORION and has added a technological perspective. 

Outreach initiatives were undertaken at various levels during the last year. TV, radio and 

press interviews and articles presented the main aims of ESONET to the general public in 

Greece and to the visitors of Thalassokosmos. Every summer Thalassokosmos and HCMR- 

Crete receive a significant number (30-40) of European and international students as trainees 

who are exposed to the ongoing research activities and goals of ESONET. 

HCMR produces a variety of novel thematic maps most of which are readily available to 

universities, schools, research centres, companies and NGOs. ESONET further enhanced 

these activities and has contributed to a better understanding of the marine environment. 

Task 7a5 

Introduction to Carbon Capture and Storage CCS (Deliverable D63) 

The introductory, interactive module on Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS) within the oceans 

is interactive and online. The module contains up-to-the-minute links to news reports, projects 

and reviews on each CSS technique. The online module has an additional ‘Seismic’ section. 

In response to the 2009 annual review and recommendations of the reviewers in Brussels, the 

ESONET outreach page has been reciprocally linked to a selection of European FP6 and 

particularly FP7 programmes. 

Deliverable D64 – This deliverable was transferred from the KOSTOBS site to the Koljo 

Fjord test site as suggested by the WP7 leader. D64 will be delivered by UGOT when the 

Koljo Fjord test observatory has been implemented, installed and is running, and when 

training on this test observatory site has been carried out. Expected delivery time for D64 is 

Autumn 2010. 

Task 7b – Build a Web portal with a real-time web interface 

Through ESONET, a Web portal with a real-time web interface has been installed at 

Thalassokosmos. The webcam has been installed in the main tank and will soon be in 

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operation. There were a few technical shortcomings that will soon be overcome once the 

necessary spare parts arrive. Information and data derived from platforms that have been 

deployed in the Deep South Ionian (KM3Net and Eurosites projects) will soon be available 

for streaming via the ESONET Web portal. 

The LAB-UPC has developed different educational tools as well as a website 

(http://listentothedeep.net), where the public can connect in real-time to the underwater 

acoustic world of the different observatories. The website is also being developed to be 

accessible to the disabled. The interface is being adapted for public display in aquaria and 

museums, especially Oceanopolis. 


D30 – Web terminal. Terminals were delivered to two aquaria, but until live data can be made 

available, only basic ESONET info can be delivered. Since no real-time ESONET data are 

available for aquaria terminals, a new interactive ESONET presentation designed by Jacobs 

University with input from Partners has been implemented. 

D64: Training on KOSTOBS test site is delayed due to the delay in selecting the test sites. In 

addition the site for training has been changed to Koljo-Fjord 


Remark: deliverables of WP7 are not classified as reported in the DoW, but as “o” other, 

which covers websites, quiz, games and posters. 

Del. 

no. 

Deliverable name WP no. Date 

due 


delivery date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Lead 

contractor 

D18 Web portal WP7 30 Delayed 9 

D30 Web terminal WP7 30 2 of 3 1 

Intro Demo 

D32 

Missions 

WP7 26 26 3 

Report on 2nd 

D40 

training workshop 

WP7 26 26 0.6 JUB 

Fully established 

D49 

outreach web page 

ESONET intro on 

WP7 30 30 14 JUB 

D63 CCS ocean 

technologies 

WP7 30 30 1 JUB 

Training on 

D64 

KOSTOBS testsite 

Outreach and 

WP7 32 

Switched Koljo- 

Fjord 

4 UGOT 

D65 

communication in 

ESONET via 

aquaria network 

WP7 36 36 SOPAB 


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Mil. no. Milestone name WP no. Date due 

M7-25 

M7-30 

Second training workshop 

held for better integration of 

ESONET Partners 

Outreach web page fully 

established to inform the 

public on ESONET 


delivery date 

Lead 

contractor 

WP7 25 JUB 

WP7 30 JUB 

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2.8 WP 8 – Management Activities 

Persons in charge: Roland Person (roland.person@ifremer.fr) 

Contact: +33 298 224 096 

Institution: IFREMER 



Roland Person 

IFREMER 

WP 8 Management activities Ingrid Puillat 

IFREMER 

Partner members Steering Committee 

8a) General Assembly Ingrid Puillat IFREMER 

8b) Meeting organization Ingrid Puillat IFREMER 

8c) Information management 

and yearly reporting 

Ingrid Puillat IFREMER 

8d) Link with European 

Commission 

Roland Person IFREMER 

8e) Link with European 

projects 


8f) ESONET Label 

8g) Worldwide cooperation 


on cabled sub sea 

observatories 

Imants G. Priede UniABDN 


period 

This workpackage covers all the management activities of the ESONET network, which 

comprises three Governing Bodies (the General Assembly (GA), the Strategic Committee 

(STRAC) and the Steering Committee (SC)), three Advisory Councils (the Scientific Council, 

the Test and Operation Council (TOC) and the Data Management Council (DMC)), as well as 

eight Workpackages (WPs) of activities (a 9th WP is dedicated to ESONET Coordination). 

The Coordinators make sure that the organisational, management and governance structure of 

the ESONET NoE aims at ensuring balanced participation of the different types of members 

in the network: large institutions, university laboratories, major industrial groups, SMEs; 

efficient decision-making and high-quality management of the network's resources. 

One of the main objectives of WP8 is also to coordinate the integration of the community on 

different topics and across different WP activities. Some tasks such as reporting and followup 

of the links with the European Commission and other EU projects are a fundamental part 

of the WP8 tasks. The ESONET network is composed of 56 partners, which makes the 

coordination of ESONET relatively complex. This is why we decided to provide methods and 

procedures for managing ESONET. Indeed, for the second time, one of the main objectives 

for this reporting period was to continue continuation of online reporting systems and training 

sessions. We also continued to improve the financial management at the WP level. Two other 

fundamental objectives are to enhance the definition of the ESONET Label and the 

organisation of the 2 nd All region Workshop and the 2 nd Best Practices Workshop, in addition 

to the usual meetings (Steering Committee, etc.). 

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Task WP 8a) - General Assembly 

There was no General Assembly during Period 3. The Third General Assembly is planned for 

November 2010. 

Activity 8a1: General Assembly preparation 

- 

Activity 8a2: General Assembly reporting 

- 

Task WP 8b) - Meeting organization 

As Coordinator, IFREMER manages the meetings’ agendas and invitations, the reporting of 

the meetings and their approval. 

Activity 8b1: Steering Committee Meetings 

Six Steering Committee meetings were co-organised, including two virtual SC meetings: 

- 18-20 March 2009: London, United Kingdom 

- 22 April 2009: Vienna, Austria, EGU 

- 28 July 2009: Audioconference SC meeting 

- 06-07 October 2009, Paris, France, 2 nd All Regions Workshop 

- 03 December 2009, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 

- 13 January 2010: Audioconference SC meeting for financial issues 

Activity 8b2: Strategic Committee (STRAC) meeting joint with EMSO Strategic Board 

The preparation of a joint ESONET-EMSO STRAC meeting, namely the “Meeting with 

funding agencies”, started in January 2010, but took place in March 2010, in Period 4. 

Consequently the meeting discussions will be reported in the next periodic activity report. 

Activity 8b3: ESONET Council meetings: jointly with the General Assembly 

No council meetings were held. 

Activity 8b4: Other workshops: VISO, All Regions, Best Practices, etc. 

o A meeting was organised with administrative and financial staff of KDM at MARUM 

offices, Bremen, in May 2009. This meeting was organised by I. Puillat in order to 

discuss the reporting process and communication problems with KDM members 

involved in ESONET. A list of contact persons was drawn up. The reporting 

difficulties from the perspectives of both KDM and coordination were discussed. As a 

result, reporting in 2010 clearly improved. 

o To optimise the third yearly ESONET reporting, a training workshop was organized at 

IFREMER headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux in January 2010, to give information 

on the ESONET reporting website and on reporting processes in general. All tutorials 

and PowerPoint documents were made available on the restricted part of the ESONET 

website: http://www.esonet-noe.org/partners_only/reporting_process_3rd_period. 

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All the information concerning the ESONET meetings and workshop are available on the 

ESONET website: http://www.esonetnoe.org/news_and_events/esonet_workshops_and_meetings. 

The minutes and reports of workshops are also available, on the restricted part of the 

ESONET website: 

http://www.esonet-noe.org/partners_only/minutes_meetings_and_workshops_reports. 

Task WP 8c) - Information management and yearly reporting 

Task 8c involves the yearly reporting activities for the European Commission. Due to the 

large number of partners involved (56 Partners), ESONET yearly reporting was anticipated by 

one and a half months and began on 15th January 2010. It is impossible to manage the 

information flow from 56 Partners in 45 days, the time allotted to most European projects. In 

addition, Partners are not familiar with NoE specificities, which leads to many questions on 

financial issues and erroneous financial statements at the last minute. The example of the first 

ESONET reporting is eloquent. Indeed, inadequate and incomplete reports were received late 

and only half of the Forms C were sent to the European Commission, which caused a 6 mo. 

delay in receiving the official letter of acceptance. In comparison to the first reporting period, 

the second ESONET reporting was anticipated one month in advance. Satisfactory reports and 

all Forms C were sent to the European Commission on schedule and the letter of acceptance 

was received in August 2009. 

Thus, we concluded that anticipating reporting was an excellent initiative and was repeated 

for the third ESONET report. We anticipated the activity reports from of Partners and WP 

leaders by one and a half months and the last 45 days were dedicated to financial reporting 

only. We also decided to use the online reporting tool again, which was updated. 

Activity 8c1: The common esonet-emso.org portal 

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The common ESONET-EMSO Web portal has been updated with a new design. Both projects 

are briefly described and the visitor can be redirected to the ESONET site or the EMSO site 

by clicking on the dedicated links. This task was carried mainly by ESONET Partner 

Altran/ATLANTIDE with the help of IFREMER Computing Services. 

Activity 8c2: The reporting tool 

The online reporting tool is available at the same address: 

http://www.ifremer.fr/application/reporting/esonet/ 

Regarding the reporting tool, a new version of Joomla was installed by Altran. All Partner 

usernames and passwords were kept. 

Figure 8.1: Welcome page of the reporting tool 

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As in the last version, all contents reported can be read by all ESONET Partners after logging 

in. The FAQ section and the Reference Document section are always available. 

This online reporting tool allows the Coordination Team to track the reporting process in real 

time, request corrections or make some corrections. 

The Third Reporting process was divided into five reporting steps: 

- Phase 0: 15 – 31 January 2010: Activity Report from WP Leaders 

- Phase 1: 1 – 15 February 2010: Activity Report from each Partner 

- Phase 2: 8 – 28 February 2010: Update of Activity Report for each WP according to 

Partner reports 

- Phase 3: 16 – 28 February 2010: Programme of Activities for each WP 

- Phase 4: 1 – 20 March 2010: Financial Report from each Partner 

- Phase 5: 20 March – 10 April 2010: Consolidation and correction by Coordination 

Team + other reports 

o Phase 0 is dedicated to reporting the activities in each WP during the reporting period. 

To help WP Leaders, the Coordination Team sent information (Phase 2), compiled 

according to WP, from Phase 1 to each WP Leader. 

o Phase 1 is dedicated to reporting the activities of each ESONET Partner per WP, 

without any financial statement. At this stage, the estimated person-months spent on 

each WP were requested in order to inform WP Leaders about the activities declared 

by Partners. Partners were also requested to inform WP leaders about their intended 

activities for the next 18 months in each WP. 

o Phase 3 is dedicated to making a programme of activities for each WP for the final 12 

months of the project, starting from 01 March 2010. Only WP Leaders can complete 

phase 0, 2 and 3. 

o Phase 4 is dedicated to the financial statements of each Partner, including draft Form 

C. 

For the second consecutive year, a training session for reporting in ESONET was organised at 

IFREMER headquarters in Issy-Les-Moulineaux on 22 January 2010. Eighteen participants 

attended this one-day meeting, of which six attended this meeting by videoconference. 

Name Institution Country 

Catherine Audebert AWI Germany 

Cemil Gurbuz BU KOERI Turkey 

Pierre Henry CEREGE France 

Patricia Brunier CEREGE France 

Eric Delory DBSCALE Spain 

Seda Okay DEU-IMST Turkey 

Livia Moreira FFCUL Portugal 

Cristina La Fratta INGV Italy 

Dimitar Petkov Dimitrov IO-BAS Bulgaria 

Inmaculada Lopez IPGP France 

Umut B. Ülgen ITU-EMCOL Turkey 

Autun Purser JUB Germany 

Pieter Honkoop NIOZ Netherlands 

Agnieszka Janczy SLR Ireland 

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Ana Colaço UAc Portugal 

Angelique Prick UiT Norway 

Gillian Hewison UniABDN United Kingdom 

Neus Salleras UPC Spain 

Here is the programme of the meeting: 

TIME TOPIC 

Introduction 

- General presentation 

- Update of ESONET contract with EC 

- Presentation of the reporting process: what is expected 

from the EU? 

DOCUMENT/ 

INITIATOR 

Morning - Results and conclusions after the previous reporting 

9H30- process 

12H30 11H00 – Coffee Break 

Presentation of the online system and procedures: 

- Time schedule for reporting 

- The online system: a reporting management tool 

- New version 

- Information available in the system 

LUNCH 

Campanile Restaurant – 213 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Issy- 

Les-Moulineaux (~15€/person) 

Information input 

- description of activities per WP and task by task 

- financial statement: 

o definition of main cost categories, eligible costs, 

cost models, etc. 

Afternoon 

14H- 

16H00 

o budgeted costs and person-months 

o person-months to be distributed among ESONET 

WPs 

o other 

- Form C 

o How should Form C be filled out? 

o Who should sign Form C? 

o other 

Any questions you would like to ask and Discussion 

Slides are available on the ESONET website and a FAQs section was opened in the online 

reporting tool. 

Results was better than expected: 

o Phase 0: 9 WP reports were ready in draft version by the beginning of 

February. 

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o Phase 1: most partners wrote their activity report by the 15 February deadline. 

On 21 March 2010, only 7 Partner activity reports were not fully completed 

(phase 1). 

o Phase 2: the final version of the WP activity reports was almost reached on 20 

March 2010, including Partners’ contribution and was sent to a translator the 

week after for corrections. The delay incurred is explained by the delay due to 

Partners in phase 1. 

o Phase 3: Program of activities: this was slightly delayed: 3 weeks after the 

deadline fixed by the Coordination Team, three WP activities descriptions 

were missing. The delay is related to the one incurred in phase 2. 

o Phase 4: As usually this step is more difficult than other ones. Partners have 

some difficulties in getting the audit certificate in due time to consolidate their 

financial report. Partners managed under clause 23 face the problem of multi 

institutional contractor. For instance CNRS cannot prepare its form C until all 

laboratories including CNRS members and third parties finish their financial 

report. This imply additional delay in the managmement report preparation for 

the coordination team. Consequently a second version of the management 

report is expected. 

Task WP 8d) - Link with European Commission 

WP8 is in charge of compiling Deliverables and yearly reporting for the European 

Commission. The reporting process for the Period 2 was closed with the official letter of 

acceptance received on 31 August 2009. 

One request for a contract amendment was sent to the European Commission on 12 August 

2009 and was officially accepted on 08 December 2009 (see Amendment n°4 in the restricted 

part of the ESONET website: 

http://www.esonet-noe.org/partners_only/official_documents/contractual_documents). 

This request was to add the SEND Off-Shore Electronics GmbH entity as a Contractor as of 

01 August 2008. The amendment was also to formalize the end of the participation of the 

following contractors: 

- SIS Sensoren Instrumente Systeme GmbB as of 23 October 2008 and 

- SEND Signal Elektronik GmbH as of 30 June 2008 

Moreover, the special Clause 23 was also modified: 

- The “College de France” was added as a “Third Party” of CEREGE, represented 

by the Contractor CNRS. 

The revised Annex I, dated 1 July 2009 was also sent with the letter requesting the 

amendment. Furthermore, some contractors’ details were updated. 

During the 2 nd ESONET Reporting, the European Commission made some significant 

comments, which resulted in the rejection of some Partners’ costs: 

- For HCMR: certain sub-contracting costs were not foreseen in the DoW. Therefore, 

20 000 € was disallowed, of which 10 000 € of sub-contracting costs from the first 

reporting period. One request for contract amendment concerning sub-contracting 

is in progress. These costs are to be reported in the “adjustment of previous period” 

in the next reporting period, if the request of contract amendment is accepted by 

the European Commission. 

- For CSIC and UPC: An audit certificate was missing. The requested contribution 

of UPC was excluded from the payment but can be reported in the “adjustment of 

previous period” in the next reporting period if UPC provides an audit certificate 

for Period 2. 

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- For FUGRO BV: Form C was submitted by Fugro AS (Norway), which is not part 

of the ESONET Consortium. Therefore, the costs and the requested contribution 

were disallowed. These costs have to be reported in the “adjustment of previous 

period” in the next reporting period. 

- For SEND Off-Shore: The SEND Off-Shore Contractor was not yet been included 

in the ESONET Contract. Thus, the costs and the requested contribution of SEND 

Off-Shore were excluded from the payment. From this second reporting period, SEND 

Off-Shore was included as Contractor in the ESONET Contract. These costs have to 

be reported in the “adjustment of previous period”. 

Task WP 8e) - Links with European projects 

Links with: 

o EMSO PP: the links are continuous since the projects are closely collaborative and are 

working hand in hand. The most visible part of this association is highlighted by the 

WP5 tasks and by common ESONET-EMSO activities, such as the preparation of the 

STRAC meeting. A preparation document was discussed during the ESONET SC 

meeting in Paris in October 2009 and was written in the framework of WP5, under the 

direction of the SLR Partner. A draft was presented at the Amsterdam SC meeting, 

January 2010, then presented to the STRAC members in March 2010. In addition 

ESONET coordination team participated in the ERIC meeting in Brussels, October 

2009. 

o EuroSITES: the coordinator of EuroSITES was invited to participate in the 2 nd All 

Regions Workshop in Paris, October 2009. The MODOO DM involved a EuroSITES 

region. Some common technical activities are still in progress, such as data 

management: Maureen Pagnani, in charge of data management in the EuroSITES 

project is still participating in the ESONET Data management with PANGAEA and 

IFREMER. Thus, links between both projects were reinforced. 

o SEADATANET: This project shares common activities with ESONET and 

EuroSITES, as people involved in data management participate in all three projects. 

o GMES: a report outlining the possible contribution of ESONET to GMES core 

services was prepared in October 2009. This document was the basis of discussions 

with MyOCEAN MS coordinator, P. Bahurel and SAFER coordinator, D. Hello, 

Infoterra. Thereafter, we tried to organise a wider discussion with the ESONET 

consortium by inviting both SAFER and My OCEAN representatives to participate in 

the 2 nd All regions Workshop, in Paris, Oct. 2009. This collaborative work is 

described in deliverable D67. 

Task WP 8f) ESONET Label 

The ESONET Label has four main objectives to ensure that ESONET observatories observe 

systems at a highly controlled quality level and with a durable integration of the sea 

observatory community at the European level. This includes acceptable constraints on 

technology to deploy environmentally friendly sea observatories. Different classes of labels 

were defined according to criteria met and to the type of observatory. The ESONET Label 

document is currently in its third updated version. This document is continuously updated 

according to incoming results. Moreover, WP Leaders continue to work on it. 

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Task 8g) – Worldwide cooperation on cabled sub sea observatories 

This task 8g, formerly Task 1e “International cooperation” covers the worldwide cooperation 

on cabled subsea observatories. Participation in IASSOO (International Association for Sub- 

Sea Observatory Operators) belongs to this task. 

A meeting on IASSOO was held on 23 September 2009 in Venice, Italy and organised by 

IFREMER. 

Here is the list of attendees: 

List of attendees 

Name Institute 

Roland Person IFREMER, ESONET NoE 

Ingrid Puillat IFREMER, ESONET NoE 

Chris Barnes University of Victoria, NEPTUNE Canada 

John Delaney University of Washington, OOI 

Yoshiyuki Kaneda JAMSTEC, DONET 

Paolo Favali INGV, ESONET NoE 

Bénédicte Ferré UiT, ESONET NoE 

Javier Gilabert Polytechnic University of Cartagena ESONET NoE 

Christoph Waldmann KDM-MARUM, ESONET NoE 

A contract for this International Association has already been prepared. This Association is 

only for cabled observatories. 

IASSOO objectives: 

- To develop deep-sea observatory sciences and data exchanges between members 

- To ensure public outreach for wider understanding of observatories 

Main roles of the IASSOO Association: 

- To provide support to common research activities 

- To associate methods of data processing 

- To support common communication vehicles: posters, newsletters, website 

Possible domains of activities: 

1. Underwater Technology 

2. Standards 

3. Legal issues 

4. Underwater intervention 

5. Data management 

6. Cyber-infrastructure 

7. Sensor tests 

Type of activities: 

1. Exchange of personnel 

2. Exchange of information 

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3. Common reports 

4. Common publications 

5. …. 

It would be probably be judicious to start with easy tasks and a limited program to launch the 

activity of IASSOO: e.g. a website, a poster and a newsletter. 

During this meeting, some names for the association were proposed: 

- IASSO(O)O: International Association for Sub Sea (Ocean) Observatory Operators 

- IACOOI: International Association of Cabled Ocean Observatories Integration 

- INNOVATION: InterNatioNal Ocean obserVAtory association 


No deviations. 

Del. 

no. 

D67 


Deliverable 

name 

ESONET 

contribution 

to GMES 

ESONET 

D68 Label 

definition 



Work package 

no. 

Date 

due 


delivery date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Lead 

contractor 

WP8 36 36 3 IFREMER 

WP8 36 38 3 IFREMER 


Work package 

no. 

Date due 


delivery date 

Lead 

contractor 

- - - - - - 

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2.9 WP 9 – Networking ESONET Data Management 

Persons in charge: Robert Huber (rhuber@wdc-mare.org) 

Contact: +49 421 218 65593 

Institution: KDM-Universität Bremen (KDM-UniHB) 


Task Persons in charge of Task Team 

WP 9 Networking ESONET Data 

Robert Huber 

Management 

UniHB 

9a) Data management plan Michel André UPC 

9b) ESONET knowledge base Robert Huber UniHB 

9c) ESONET data infrastructure: 

Sensor registry 

Robert Huber UniHB 

9d) ESONET Data infrastructure: 

Thierry Carval 

SOS development and 

Michel Treguer 


IFREMER 

9e) ESONET Data infrastructure: 

Robert Huber 

prototype implementation 


UniHB 

Jean-Jacques Destelle (CNRS) 

Vasilios Lykousis (HCMR) 

Peter Sigray (SU) 

Eric Delory (DBSCALE) 

Maureen Pagnani (NOCS) 


period 

Task 9a: To document data management as it is handled [now] at various sites in ESONET, 

and to use this information as a basis for a data management protocol for the future 

continuation of ESONET. 

Task 9b: To set up a general information platform for data from all ESONET institutions and 

observatories. 

Task 9c: To compile a central catalogue of observatories and sensors with metadata encoded 

in OGC-standard SensorML by interface 

Task 9d: To develop OGC-standard SOS interface for managing deployed sensors and 

retrieving sensor data 

Task 9e: To implement ESONET data acquisition, data exchange and data archiving and 

publication procedures. 

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Task WP 9a) – Data management plan 

Documenting data management, as it is handled at various ESONET sites, will serve as a 

basis of a data management protocol for the future continuation of ESONET-EMSO. In 

cooperation with WP2, a survey of the current data management activities at ESONET sites 

was carried out and, following phone and email interviews as well as personal communication 

during the 2 nd All Regions Workshop, provided a good overview of each site’s data 

management status. Project Partners have been asked to provide information on how the 

Partner’s data will be stored initially, whether the Partner’s data will be accessible via the 

Internet — and if so, where —, which data centre will be responsible for the long-term data 

storage (e.g. WDC-MARE, Sismer) and if their data management allows for access to 

observatory data via the Sensor Observation Service (SOS). Additionally, a LIDO meeting in 

Catania (Italy, January 2009) further clarified issues related to the future data infrastructure as 

well as the data management plan. A data management meeting with ANTARES and WDC- 

Mare groups is anticipated before the end of February 2010. Results of these surveys and 

meetings will be presented the deliverable D70 (Updated data management plan). As most 

Partners will only support a subset of the ESONET data infrastructure, the data management 

plan currently focuses on LIDO, because this DM has made the most progress towards fully 

implementing ESONET data infrastructure. Therefore, LIDO and its implementation at the 

NEMO and ANTARES sites will serve as an example for the management of acoustic data 

streams and their distribution according to ESONET standards, e.g. through SOS. It will 

further document the best practices for long-term data archiving. 

D70 – Updated management plan (Month 36), to be submitted 

Task WP 9b) – ESONET knowledge base 

Based on the experience of the first two periods, as well as according to the new needs of the 

evolving ESONET data infrastructure, the knowledge base has been completely revised. 

The new knowledge base will serve as the main ESONET data and information portal. It 

offers a user-friendly overview on the most important and recent information and data 

products of each ESONET site. It provides a simple geographical overview of the position of 

the site, as well as some background information and basic metadata, such as coordinates, 

etc., on this ESONET site. An overview of most recent additions to the data archive will be 

offered as well as a preview of real-time data (SOS) if available. Links to special portal pages 

which offer full access to both data archive and near real time data (SOS client) will also be 

available as well as subscription options to data news feeds. Also, links and overview 

information on Sensor Registry data as well as data management plan will be provided. 

As a first step a data portal prototype (mock-up), which serves as a design as well as 

functionality template, was developed, presented and intensively discussed with ESONET 

members during the ESONET 2 nd All Regions Workshop. Currently, a demonstration version 

developed from this mock-up, which is based on a XML configuration and offers dynamic, 

hierarchical access to ESONET sites, is under development. 

Most critical for the implementation of the Sensor Registry was the final decision on an 

ESONET SensorML consensus. This consensus has been reached to define an ESONET 

instrument profile for SensorML. From the beginning, the data management group was aware 

that this task must include many other initiatives at an European as well as international level. 

Extensive email and telephone discussions tgether with participants of EuroSITES, 

OceanSITES, MBARI, OSIRIS and other projects have led to an ESONET instrument profile 

that is compatible with the OceanSITES low-level instrument profile and the OSIRIS 

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instrument profile. The ESONET SensorML profile has been defined with an XML schema 

with embedded schematron rules. Delivery of this document and specifications is due for the 

end of February 2010. 

The development of the Sensor Registry interface was closely related to this task and several 

data entry templates as well as XML templates have been created, e.g. SML templates for 

LIDO DM hydrophones and the different sensor types available on ESONET Yellow Pages 

(EYP). This lays the groundwork that will eventually allow access the Sensor Registry 

Interface from the EYP site (Period 4), instead of having to access a generic SML registration 

template (still available for custom sensors). 

So far, the new templates available include (list to be completed during Period 4): 

• Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler 

• Conductivity Meter 

• CTD 

• Current Meter 

• Depth/Pressure Sensor 

• Dissolved Oxygen Sensor 

• Fluorescence 

• Hydrophone (LIDO DM) 

• Thermometer 

The Sensor Registry interface is also being updated to use XSLT Standard Style Sheets. 

Among obvious benefits of using this standard, this will allow the integration of the OSIRIS 

Schematron, as decided during the last DMC Meeting, and the ESONET schematron when it 

becomes available. 

D44 ESONET knowledge base (Month 42): work in progress 

Task WP 9c) – ESONET Data infrastructure: sensor registry 

Most critical for the implementation of the Sensor Registry was the final decision on a 

ESONET SensorML consensus. This consensus has been reached to define an ESONET 

instrument profile for SensorML. From the beginning, the data management group was aware 

that this task must include many other initiatives at an European as well as international level. 

Extensive email and telephone discussions with participants of the EuroSites, OceanSites, 

MBARI, OSIRIS and other projects have led to an ESONET instrument profile that is 

compatible with the OceanSITES low-level instrument profile and the OSIRIS instrument 

profile. The ESONET SensorML profile has been defined with an XML schema with 

embedded schematron rules. Delivery of this document and specifications is due for the end 

of February 2010. 

The development of the Sensor Registry interface was closely related to this task and several 

data entry templates as well as XML templates have been created e.g. SML templates for 

LIDO DM hydrophones and the different sensor types available on ESONET Yellow Pages 

(EYP). This lays the groundwork that will eventually allow access the Sensor Registry 

Interface from the EYP site (Period 4), instead of having to access a generic SML registration 

template (still available for custom sensors). 

So far, the new templates available include (list to be completed during Period 4): 

• Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler 

• Conductivity Meter 

• CTD 

• Current Meter 

• Depth/Pressure Sensor 

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• Dissolved Oxygen Sensor 

• Fluorescence 

• Hydrophone (LIDO DM) 

• Thermometer 

The Sensor Registry Interface is also being updated to use XSLT Standard Style Sheets. 

Among obvious benefits of using this standard, this will allow the integration of the OSIRIS 

Schematron, as decided during the last DMC Meeting, and the ESONET schematron when it 

becomes available. 

The IFREMER SOS development is progressing very well, a first prototype will be presented 

as a Milestone at the end of month 36. This SOS server implementation currently supports 

time series, and vertical profile support is under development. Regarding metadata, the 

IFREMER SOS supports dynamic SensorML metadata (metadata queried from the database) 

and static SensorML (SensorML file is created externally and registered with the SOS server). 

As an additional service, the built-in SOS client, which is also provided by IFREMER, offers 

a display of a restricted set of metadata, and a display of an extended set of metadata is under 

development. The SOS client also offers observation plots: currently one-parameter plots can 

be drawn (i.e. temperature versus time plot), and x-parameters plots are under development. 

New graphical components and algorithms are being tested to improve plot display 

performances. 

Additionally, some ESONET Partners (UPC, UniHB) tested or implemented third-party SOS 

server software solutions, such as the Oosthethys SOS package or the 52°North SOS server. 

A web-based SOS client was developed by WDC-MARE. It provides several configuration 

options such as choice of offerings, selection of temporal coverage, display of parameter titles 

or accuracy of results. As the XML outputs of these SOS products were quite heterogeneous, 

this client was developed to support several SOS web servers such as the 52°North, 

OosThethys SOS servers as well as the new IFREMER SOS server. This SOS web client 

offers a simple graphical output of the SOS data, as well as the possibility to download the 

data in tab-separated ASCII format. 

D42: sensor registry documents, jointly with WP2 (Month 30): delivered on time 

D71: Sensor registry (Month 42): work in progress 

Task WP 9d) – ESONET data infrastructure: SOS development and implementation 

Contribution to D43 Data infrastructure productive version (Month 42) 

Milestone: SOS service prototype (Month 36) 

Task WP 9e) – ESONET data infrastructure: prototype implementation 

The data infrastructure prototype will implement the ESONET data acquisition, data 

exchange as well as data archiving and publication procedures as drafted in D19. It will use 

OGC SOS clients for automated data flow from the observatories to the data archive. The 

integrated sensor registry will use OGC CSW for sensor discovery and registration. Further, 

the OAI-PMH protocol will be used to include data from third-party data centres to the portal. 

The prototype infrastructure will be tested as part of demonstration activities (WP4). For these 

activities, close collaboration with WP2 will be continued. In a later phase, the SDI will be 

contribute to the marine core service of GMES, the SeaData net project of the EC DG 

research, and the GEOSS observing system at a worldwide level, via the mentioned OGC 

standards. Considering the above-mentioned status of the demonstration missions and the 

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consequent lack of test cases for the data infrastructure, we propose to postpone D43 to month 

42. 

D43 Data infrastructure productive version (Month 42): work in progress 


Considering that the demonstration missions cannot significantly feed the data portal before 

end of 2009, the deliverable D44 “ESONET knowledge base” was postponed to month 42 

(Sept 2010). Due to the consequent lack of test cases for the data infrastructure, D43 was also 

postponed to month 42. 

Del. 

no. 

D70 


Deliverable 

name 

Updated 

management 

plan 

Sensor 

D42 registry 

documents 


Work package 

no. 



Date 

due 


delivery date 

Estimated 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Used 

indicative 

personmonths 

(*) 

Lead 

contractor 


WP9 30 30 UniHB 

Work package 

no. 

Date due 


delivery date 

Lead 

contractor 

M9-1 

Integration of sensor 

registry data 

WP9 34 UniHB 

M9-4 SOS service prototype WP9 36 IFREMER 

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3 CONSORTIUM MANAGEMENT 

3.1 Consortium management tasks and their achievements 

After the bankruptcy of the SEND Signal Elektronik company the coordination sent several 

letters to the liquidator in order to request an audit certificate for the form C already sent to 

the Commission. This would make the cost and requeted contribution accepted and 

reimbursed. After several Emails and a formal letter in English, a German version has been 

sent (see hereafter a copy). The answer received explained that the company was already 

liquidited. Consequently, the coordination expects now an action from the European 

Commission. 

After the eviction of the SIS company (decision agreed after General assembly meeting in 

October 2008) the coordination team sent a letter to remind that a Form C justifying at least 

the amount of money transeferred for the 1 st prepayment, with an audit certificate, are 

expected. It was also reminded to reimburse the consortium if not cost justification is 

provided. Nevertheless no answer has been received. Consequently, the coordination expects 

now an action from the European Commission 

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3.1.1 Kick off meeting and General Assembly 

No kick off meeting and General Assembly were organized during this third ESONET period. 

3.1.2 Consortium Agreement 

No modification was made to the Consortium agreement for this reporting period. 

3.1.3 Steering Committee 

Minutes of the Steering Committee meeting are all available on the website (partners only 

area): 

http://www.esonet-noe.org/partners_only 

Currently, the Steering Committee includes 18 members: 

Steering Committee members Institute 

Paolo Favali INGV 

Laura Beranzoli INGV 

Laurenz Thomsen KDM-JUB 

Juergen Mienert UiT 

Michael Gillooly IMI 

Per Hall UGOT 

Mathilde Cannat IPGP 

Klaus Schleisiek SEND Off-Shore 

Henry Ruhl NERC-NOCS 

Vasilios Lykousis HCMR 

Namik Çagatay ITU 

Jen Greinert NIOZ 

Christoph Waldmann KDM-UNIHB 

Jorge Miguel Miranda FFCUL 

Juanjo Dañobeitia CSIC 


Robert Huber KDM-UNIHB 

Imants G. Priede UNIABDN 

During this third year, seven Steering Committee meetings were planned: 

* London (United Kingdom), 18-20 March 2009: 

Questions addressed: Debriefing on the current reporting process and agenda of activities 

until the end of ESONET. It also focused on the 2 nd Demonstration Mission and exchange of 

personnel budgets. The ESONET organization was also reviews (modification of WP1 and 

addition of a new WP9). 

* Vienna (Austria), 22 April 2009 

Questions addressed: Debriefing of the 2 nd reporting period. This meeting focused also on 

financial issues and on the Grant Agreement for the two new Demonstration Missions and 

implementation plans. 

* Virtual SC meeting, 28 July 2009 

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Questions addressed: This meeting focused on the choice of proposals for the 2 nd call of the 

exchange of personnel, the new test call and the fund attribution for the MODOO 

Demonstration Mission. 

* Paris (France), 06-07 October 2009 during the 2 nd All Regions Workshop 

Questions addressed: This meeting focused on the choice of the updated proposals of the 2 nd 

call of the exchange of personnel. The AOEM Demonstration Mission budget plan was 

unanimously approved during this meeting. It was proposed to merge all test call proposal on 

one. 

* Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 03 December 2009 

Questions addressed: This meeting focused on financial issues, on the next reporting process 

and final reporting and on the preparation of the next STRAC meeting. 

* Virtual SC meeting, 13 January 2010 

Questions addressed: Essentially focused on the new ESONET budget negotiation. 

* Virtual SC meeting, x February 2010 

Questions addressed: Approval of the new ESONET budget. 

3.1.4 Strategic Committee 

The Strategic Committee meeting was organized at the end of this third year of the ESONET 

project. 

ESONET Countries are represented in the Strategic Committee: 

Partner Country Delegate 

IFREMER France Bruno Goffé 

KDM Germany Joachim Harms 

INGV Italy Angela Vulcano 

NOCS United Kingdom Ed Hill 

CSIC Spain Beatriz Morales Nin 

University of Lisbon Portugal Mario Ruivo 

Marine Institute Ireland Peter Heffernan 

HCMR Greece George Chronis 

NIOZ The Netherlands Carlo Heip 

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The third ESONET Strategic Committee and funding agency meeting entitled “Towards the 

Creation of EMSO Research Infrastructure: Funding Agencies Meeting » took place in 

Strasburg (France) on the 25-26th of February 2010. (See deliverable D23) 

The attendants were of high level for most countries, representing the STRAC delegates: 

PARTICIPANTS 

Institution 

Name 

INGV - Italy Paolo Favali 

Pier Luigi Franceschini 

Cristina La Fratta 

INGV Board of Directors Stefano Gresta 

University of Perugia MIUR FP7 

Capacities Infrastructure Delegate - Italy 

Caterina Petrillo 

European Commission Agnès Robin 

Ministry of Education, Research & 

University - Italy 

Luigi Lombardi 

ESFRI ENV.- TWG (GeoEcoMar) Adrian Stanica 

ESFRI ENV.- TWG and NERC Michael Schultz 

GEOECOMAR Gheorghe Oaie 

European Science Foundation Bernard Avril 

Paola Campus 

Roberto Azzolini 

Julien Weber 

Paul Egerton 

IFREMER -France Jean-François Rolin 

Roland Person 

Pierre Cochonat 

Ministry of Research - France Claude Catala 

CNRS - France Elisabeth Kohler 

IPGP - France Mathilde Cannat 

KDM - Germany Christoph Waldmann 

IMI - Ireland 

Fiona Grant 

Mick Gillooly 

UTM-CSIC - Spain Juan Jose Dañobeitia 

PLOCAN - Spain Jose Joaquin Hernandez-Brito 

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion - 

Spain 

HCMR - Greece Vasilios Lykousis 

Luis E. Ruiz López de la Torre Ayllón 

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Institution 

General Secretariat for Reseacrh & 

Technology, Ministry of Education, 

Life, Long learning & Religious Affairs 

- Greece 

PARTICIPANTS 

Name 

Chrysoula Diamanti 

NOCS - United Kingdom Henry Ruhl 

Phil Weaver 

UIT - Norway Juergen Mienert 

Norway Research Council Jon Borre Orbak 

FFCUL - Portugal Livia Moreira 

ITU-EMCOL - Turkey Namik Cagatay 

Prime Ministry Disaster & Emergency 

Management Presidency - Turkey 

Kerem Kuterdem 

NIOZ- The Netherlands Jens Greinert 

SJ BERWIN - Belgium Ramon Garcia Gallardo 

SRL Consulting - Ireland Nick O'Neill 

During the STRAC meeting, a survey of the advancement with respect to Research 

Infrastructure (RI) roadmaps and strategies for the different Countries was performed. The 

infrastructure implementation plan and costs were discussed and advisory were given by the 

representatives of funding agencies and the EC. 

3.1.5 Advisory Councils 

The Advisory Councils are composed of the Data Management Council (DMC), the Test and 

Operation Council (TOC) and the Scientific Council (SC). As the Advisory Councils are 

planned every 18 months, no councils meetings were organized during this third year of the 

ESONET project. The next Advisory Councils are planned with the Second General 

Assembly, planned at the end of 2010. 

3.2 Contractors 

Special clause 23: 

CNRS: LMTG (Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts en Géologie) and DT-INSU 

(Division Technique de l’Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers) Members are now 

represented by CNRS DR20 by means of the special clause 23 of the ESONET contract. This 

was updated by an amendment to the ESONET Contract, requested in August 2009 and 

accepted in December 2009. 

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Termination of some contractors: 

The participation of the following Contractors is terminated from the dates specified in the 

following table: 

Contractor End date of participation 

SIS Sensoren Instrumente Systeme GmbH 23/10/2008 

SEND Signal Elektronik GmbH 30/06/2008 

These terminations were updated by an amendment to the ESONET Contract, requested in 

August 2009 and accepted in December 2009. 

Addition of contractor: 

The following entity was added as Contractor with effect from the date specified in the 

following table: 

Contractor End date of participation 

SEND Off-Shore Electronics GmbH 01/08/2008 

This addition was updated by an amendment to the ESONET Contract, requested in August 

2009 and accepted in December 2009. 

The following modifications are being processed by means of a contract amendment 

requested on February 2010: 

3.3 Relations with other European Projects 

See Task 8e in section “2.8.2 Progress towards objectives” in the WP8 Activity Report 

(previous pages). 

3.4 Project timetable and status 

3.4.1 Project time table: GANTT diagram 

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Deliverable n° 

April 2010 

3.4.2 Overview of Deliverables status 

The status of the deliverables is coded with colors: 

- yellow lines: delivered during previous reported period 

- green lines: deliveded during this 3 rd period in final version 

- orange lines: delivered during this 3 rd period but some improvements are expected 

- red lines: not delivered: delayed to the next period 

Deliverable 

name 

D1 

Define preliminary scientific priorities; Text of the call 

for proposal. 

WP3 

WP4 

NOCS 

INGV 

R PU 2 12 

D2 Report on regional observatory stakeholders. WP6 FFCUL R CO 8 12 

D3 ESONET class material on science background WP7 KDM PU 9 12 

D4 Report on First educational and training workshops. 

Proceeding of best practice workshop: sensor interface, 

WP7 KDM R PU 12 12 

D6 quality insurance and specification for demonstration 

actions. 

Report on constitution of integration groups; 

WP2 KDM R PP 12 12 

D7 Proceedings of All Regions workshop. 

Report on potential creation of virtual institute. 


D9 Data management plan. WP1 KDM R PU 6 9 

D15 

ESONET News “ESONET News – Europeans observe 

the deep sea” 

WP6 IFREMER R PU 

1 - 5 

2- 8 

3- 11 

3 

8 

10 

D20 

Report on long-term planned research and co-operation 

between research organisations. 

WP5 IFREMER R PU 12 12 

D21 

Document outlining agreement on co-operation between 

organisations involved in developing technology. 


D22 

Report on confidential meetings between commercial 

companies and ESONET WP leaders working 

relationships and ESONET requirements. 

Report of meeting to discuss long-term funding for 

WP5 

Marine 

Institute 

R CO 12 12 

D23 seafloor observatories involving representatives from 

funding agencies. 

Report on integration between respective teams 

WP5 IFREMER R CO 12 12 

D24 (research teams, technical teams, companies and SMEs) 

and working relationships beyond the life of ESONET. 


D5 

First elements of individual implementation plans for 

specific cabled observatory sites. 

WP5 

Marine 

Institute 

R PP 24 24 

D10 

Report: exchange of personnel; common schedule and 

methodology of tests. 

WP1 IFREMER R PP 18 23 

D11 Report on scientific background and objectives. WP3 NOCS R PP 18 18 

D12 First periodical report on Demonstration Missions. WP4 INGV R PP 18 22 

D13 Report on science modules. WP3 NOCS R PP 24 24 

D15 ESONET News “ESONET News – Europeans observe WP6 Ifremer R PU 14, 17, 14,17, 

WP n° 

Lead 

participant 

Nature 1 

Dissemination 

level 2 

1 

Nature of the deliverable using one of the following codes: R=report / P = prototype / D = demonstrator / O = 

other 

2 

Dissemination level using one the following codes: PU = public / PP = restricted to other program participants 

(including the Commission Services) / RE = restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the 

Commissions Services) / CO = confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission 

Services) 

Date due 

Delivery


Deliverable n° 

Deliverable 

name 

the deep sea” 20, 23, 

26, 29 

20 

D16 Report on core service stakeholders. WP6 CSA R CO 18 24 

D17 Report on promotion and SME policy. WP6 IFREMER R PU 18 24 

D18 Publish draft ESONET web portal. WP7 KDM O PU 20 26 

Deliverable 

n° 

Deliverable 

name 

D19 Data infrastructure prototype. WP1 KDM P PU 18 18 

D20-2009 

Report on long term planned research and cooperation 

between research organisations. 


D21-2009 


organisations involved in developing technology. 


WP5 

Marine 

Institute 

R CO 24 24 

D22-2009 companies and ESONET WP leaders re working 

relationships and ESONET requirements. 

Report of on meetings to discussing long-term funding 


D23-2009 for seafloor observatories involving representatives WP5 

from funding agencies. 

Report on integration between respective teams 

IFREMER R PU 24 24 

D24-2009 

(research teams, technical reams, companies and 

SMEs) and working relationships beyond the life of 

ESONET 


D25 

Specification report for demonstration actions – sensor 

interface. 

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WP n° 

WP n° 

Lead 

participant 

Lead 

participant 

Nature 1 

Nature 3 

Dissemination 

level 2 

Disseminatio 

n level 4 

Date due 

Date due 

Delivery 

Delivery 


D26 

Specification report for demonstration actions – quality 

assurance. 

WP2 UNIABDN R PU 23 25 

D27 

Specification report for demonstration actions – subsea 

intervention. 


D29-2008 24 th month activity report WP8 IFREMER R PU 25 25 

D30 Installation of computer terminals WP7 KDM O PU 20 26 

D31 General assembly report WP8 IFREMER R PU 20 23 

D32 Introduction to Demo Missions WP7 KDM O PU 22 26 

D33 Agreement on an International network 

Plan for signature of MOU and contracts at 

WP1 UNIABDN O PU 23 23 

D34 

international level. First signature of an agreement for 

testing of a prototype on NEPTUNE Canada (or Arena 

Japan or Mars USA) 

WP1 UNIBABD 

N 

R CO 23 23 

D35 Recommendations for ESONET registration in GEOSS WP2 DBScale R 23 25 

3 

Nature of the deliverable using one of the following codes: R=report / P = prototype / D = demonstrator / O = 

other 

4 

Dissemination level using one the following codes: PU = public / PP = restricted to other program participants 

(including the Commission Services) / RE = restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the 

Commissions Services) / CO = confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission 

Services)

Deliverable 

n° 


Deliverable 

name 

D36 Report of testing facilities survey WP2 IFREMER P OU 23 25 

D37 VISO Workshop preparation report WP1 UiT R PU 24 24 

D38 Finish games and quiz section WP7 KDM 0 PU 24 24 

D53 Report on creation of VISO WP1 UiT R PU 31 33 

D54 Report of 2 nd and 3 rd call for Exchange of Personnel WP1 IPGP R PU 33 37 

D55 Report on 2 nd All Regions Workshop WP1 

IPGP- 

R PU 35 37 

D56 Membership of Regional Implementation Groups WP1 

D58 Report on selected test experiments on cabled sites 

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WP n° 

WP1, 

WP2, 

WP7, 

WP9 

Lead 

participant 

IFREMER 

IPGP- 

IFREMER 

UniHB 

IFREMER 

Nature 3 

Disseminatio 

n level 4 

Date due 

Delivery 

R PU 32 36 

R PU 32 38 

D39 Prototype quality management manual WP2 UNIABDN Rr PU 36 38 

D41 

Result and analysis of GEOSS and standards survey in 

ESONET 

WP2 DBscale 

R 

PU 29 30-43 

D50 Report on Second Best Practices Workshop WP2 KDM R PU 33 36-43 

D51 Training and simulation manual WP2 IFREMER R PU 32 38-43 

D52 

Report on the contribution to international 

standardisation initiatives 


D8 

Prototype implementation of example standardised 

sensor system 

Intermediate report from underwater acoustic modems 


D57 inter-comparison experiment 


D11-2010 Report on scientific background and objectives WP3 

NERC- 

NOCS 

R PU 33 33 

D13-2010 Report on science modules WP3 

NERC- 

NOCS 

R PU 33 33 

D45a Second periodical report on Demonstration Missions WP4 INGV R PU 28 31 

D45b Third periodical report on Demonstration Missions 

Report on workshops to facilitate and broker 

partnership, Tutorials/Meetings on implementation 

WP4 INGV R PU 33 

D14 plans and replies to infrastructure proposals; on-site 

assessment, legal model, environmental constraints and 

their associated ethical issues 

WP5 IMI PU 30 36 

D20-2010 

Report on long-term planned research and co-operation 

between research organisations in Europe. 


WP5 IFREMER R 

PU 

36 

D21-2010 organisations involved in developing technology 

(internationally and fleet-related). 


D22-2010 


companies and ESONET WP leaders. 

Report on meetings to discuss long-term funding for 

WP5 

Marine 

Institute 

R CO 36 

D23-2010 seafloor observatories involving representatives from 

funding agencies. 


D46 

Report to EMSO on Implementation Model (ESONET 

NoE) 

WP5 IMI PU 30 36 

D47 

Online database to include local, national and European 

legal, ethical and environmental (LEE) documents 

WP5 UPC PU 30 36 

D48 

Final report on Best Practices, Guidelines for LEE 

issues and implementation plans 

WP5 UPC 24 PU 30 36 

D15 ESONET News “ESONET News-Europeans observe WP6 FFCUL R PU 26,29, 28, 32,

Deliverable 

n° 


Deliverable 

name 

the deep sea” 32,35, 

38 

32 

D17-2009 Report on Promotion and SME Policy WP6 FFCUL R PU 30 33 

D18 Web portal WP7 O PU 30 

D30 Web terminals WP7 O PU 30 30-42 

D32 Intro Demo Missions WP7 O PU 28 26 

D40 Report on second training workshop WP7 KDM/JUB R PU 26 26 

D49 Fully established outreach webpage WP7 KDM/JUB O PU 30 30 

D63 ESONET intro on CCS ocean technologies WP7 KDM/JUB O PU 30 30 

D64 Training on test site WP7 UGOT R PU 32 

D65 

Outreach and communication in ESONET via aquaria 

network 

WP7 SOPAB R PU 36 36 

D67 ESONET contribution to GMES WP8 IFREMER R PU 36 36 

D68 ESONET Label definition WP8 IFREMER R PU 36 38 

D70 Updated management plan WP9 NOCS R PU 36 36 

D42 Sensor registry documents 

WP9, 

WP2 

KDM/UNI 

HB 

P 

+R 

PU 30 30 

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WP n° 

Lead 

participant 

Nature 3 

Disseminatio 

n level 4 

Date due 

Delivery


4 CONCLUSION 

The project is well the way : since the beginning of the project 70 deliverables were expected 

to be delivered until now but only 7 are delayed, 10 %. Four are in intermediate version due to 

missing information. Discussions on the permanent structure preparation are well advanced as 

well as shown in deliverables 46 and 53. We are confident in a good achievement of the 

project. 

5 LIST OF ANNEXES 

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April 2010 

5.1 Annex 1: List of ESONET Bibliography references 

IFREMER 

Articles 

Ingrid Puillat, Roland Person, Levêque C., Drogou J., Diepenbroek M, Garreau P., 

Waldmann C., Auffret Y., « Standardization prospective in ESONET NoE and a possible 

implementation on the ANTARES Site », Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics 

research section A-Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 11 

avril 2009, 602(1), p.240-245 

Conference talks 

Rolin Jean-François. “Initiating a market in Europe through demonstrations mission”. 

OCEANS’09 IEEE, May 2009, Bremen, Germany 

Marvaldi J, Katz U.. “Neutrino telescope – Esonet meeting with industrial companies and 

SMEs”. OCEANS’09 IEEE, May 2009, Bremen, Germany 

Rolin J.F., Waldmann C., “Integrating ocean observatories on a global scale”. OCEANS’09 

IEEE, May 2009, Bremen, Germany 

Puillat Ingrid, Person R.. “ESONET NoE : European seas observatory network of 

excellence”. EGU General Assembly, April 2009, Vienna, Austria 

Press release 

“Observatoires fond de mer - ESONET NoE Project”. ESONET partners meeting, on 05-07 

October 2009, Paris, France. 

“BOB » observe les bulles pour surveiller la faille au sud d’Istanbul - ESONET NoE 

Project”. November 2009. 

“Bilan de la campagne BobGeo, par l’équipe scientifique à bord du N/O Pourquoi pas ? - 

ESONET NoE Project”. CoralFISH, October 2009. 

Press articles 

“A sea-change in coastal research within the European Union - ESONET NoE Project”. 

Interview and article of Roland Person in “International Innovation” revue, August 2009, 

pp09-11. 

“Des robots sous-marins pour avertir Istanbul des risques de tremblement de terre- 

ESONET NoE Project”. Article in “Le Monde”, December 2009. 

“Un capteur de bulles pour surveiller la faille au sud d’Istanbul- ESONET NoE Project”. 

Article in “Le Monde”, November 2009. 

“Que va faire BOB en mer de Marmara- ESONET NoE Project”. Interview of Pierre 

Cochonat in “L’Humanité”, November 2009.


“Observer des bulles pour prédire les séismes - ESONET NoE Project”. Article in “Nice 

Matin” revue, November 2009. 

“BOB, d’Ifremer, surveille les bulles de gaz - ESONET NoE Project”. Article in “Ouest 

France” revue, November 2009. 

“Océans sous surveillance- ESONET NoE Project”. Article in “Le Point”, October 2009. 

“Deep-ocean ecosystems in the stranglehold of climate change - ESONET NoE Project”. 

MBARI, Cordis News, http://cordis.europa.eu, June 2009. 

“Global warning could affect the oceans- ESONET NoE Project”. Science News, 

UPI.COM, http://www.upi.com/science_News, November 2009. 

“Deep-sea ecosystems affected by climate change- ESONET NoE Project”. Science Daily, 

Science news, November 2009. 

“Les séismes menaçant Istanbul bientôt annoncés par l’examen des bulles de gaz en mer ? - 

ESONET NoE Project”. AFP article, December 2009. 

“LOOME Demonstration mission - ESONET NoE Project”. MPIMM et al. ESONET 

News, Spring/Fall 2009. 

“MOMAR/D – A demonstration mission to establish a multidisciplinary observatory at 

hydrothermal vents on the mid-Atlantic ridge - ESONET NoE Project”. ESONews, Spring 

2009. 

“Cruise report LOOME – ESONET demonstration mission - ESONET NoE Project”. 

ESONews, Spring/Fall 2009. 

Radio acknowledgment 

MARMESONET oceanographic cruise on France info Planète mer, on November 2009 by 

Nathalie Fontrel. 

MARMESONET oceanographic cruise on RFI Journal, on November 2009 by Bruno 

Faure. 

CNRS-LOV 

Articles 

Marc Picheral, Lionel Guidi, Lars Stemmann, David Karl, Ghizlaine Iddaoud, Gabriel 

Gorsky (in press) The Underwater Vision Profiler 5: A novel instrument for high spatial 

resolution studies of particle size spectra and zooplankton. Limnology Oceanography 

Mathods. 

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Guidi, L., G. A. Jackson, L. Stemmann, J. C. Miquel, M. Picheral, and G. Gorsky. 2008. 

Relationship between particle size distribution and flux in the mesopelagic zone. Deep-Sea 

Res. I 55: 1364-1374. 

Guidi, L., L. Stemmann, G.A. Jackson, F. Ibanez, H. Claustre, L. Legendre, M. Picheral 

and G. Gorsky. In press. Effects of phytoplankton community on production, size and 

export of large aggregates: A World-Ocean analysis. Limnol. Oceanogr. 

Guidi, L., L. Stemmann, L. Legendre, M. Picheral, L. Prieur, and G. Gorsky. 2007. Vertical 

distribution of aggregates (> 110 µm) and mesoscale activity in the northeastern atlantic: 

Effects on the deep vertical export of surface carbon. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52: 7-18. 

Stemmann, L., D. Eloire, A. Sciandra, G. A. Jackson, L. Guidi, M. Picheral, and G. Gorsky. 

2008a. Volume distribution for particles between 3.5 to 2000 mu m in the upper 200 m 

region of the south pacific gyre. Biogeosciences 5: 299-310. 

Stemmann, L., G. A. Jackson, and G. Gorsky. 2004b. A vertical model of particle size 

distributions and fluxes in the midwater column that includes biological and physical 

processes - part ii: Application to a three year survey in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Deep- 

Sea Res. I 51: 885-908. 

Stemmann, L., L. Prieur, L. Legendre, I. Taupier-Letage, M. Picheral, L. Guidi, and G. 

Gorsky. 2008b. Effects of frontal processes on marine aggregate dynamics and fluxes: An 

interannual study in a permanent geostrophic front (NW Mediterranean). J. Mar. Syst. 70: 

1-20. 

Stemmann, L., M. Youngbluth, K. Robert, A. Hosia, M. Picheral, H. Paterson, F. Ibanez, L. 

Guidi, F. Lombard, and G. Gorsky. 2008c. Global zoogeography of fragile 

macrozooplankton in the upper 100-1000 m inferred from the underwater video profiler. 

ICES J. Mar. Sci. 65: 433-442. 

CNRS-CEREGE 


Conference at ITU during a Symposium on "August 1999 Izmit Earthquake: An overview 

of the research in the Sea of Marmara.". Participation to INVEST IODP workshop in 

Bremen. Joint press releases with Ifremer and contribution to a video documentary at the 

occasion of Marmesonet cruise in November 2009. 

CNRS-IUEM 


Chateau, R., J.-Y. Royer, R.P. Dziak, D.W. Bohnenstielh, V. Brandon & J.H. Haxel, 2009. 

Hydroacoustic records of seafloor earthquakes, cryogenic sounds, and cetacean 

vocalizations in the Indian Ocean, EOS Trans. Am Geophys. Un., AGU Fall Meeting, San- 

Francisco, CA, (14-18 December, 2009). 

April 2010 100


D'Eu, J.-F., C. Brachet, J. Goslin, J.-Y. Royer & J. Ammann, 2009. Autonomous 

hydrophone array for long-term acoustic monitoring in the open ocean, Geophysical 

Research Abstracts, 11, EGU2009-8567, EGU Meeting, Vienna, (19-23 april, 2009). 

Goslin, J., J. Perrot, J.-Y. Royer, C. Guennou, J.-F. D'Eu & C. Brachet, 2010. Autonomous 

hydroacoustic arrays: a powerful tool for long-term monitoring of active processes along 

spreading ridges and deforming areas at regional scales, NERIES-ESONET OBS-Marine 

Seismology workshop, Paris, (11-12 February, 2010). 

Royer, J.-Y., R.P. Dziak, M. Delatre, R. Chateau, C. Brachet, J.H. Haxel, H. Matsumoto, J. 

Goslin, V. Brandon & D.W. Bohnenstielh, 2009. Results from a 14 month hydroacoustic 

monitoring of the three mid-oceanic ridges in the Indian Ocean, Geophysical Research 

Abstracts, 11, EGU2009-8341, EGU Meeting, Vienna, (19-23 april, 2009). 

Articles 

Balanche, A., C. Guennou, J. Goslin & C. Mazoyer, 2010. Generation of hydroacoustic 

signals by oceanic subseafloor earthquakes: a mechanical model. Geophys. J. Int., 177 : 

476–480 doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04146.x. 

KDM-JUB 

ESONET annual workshop: presentation by Autun Purser 

ESONET steering committee meetings: participation by Laurenz Thomsen 

ESONET training workshop: organization by Laurenz Thomsen, Hannes Wagner, Sibila 

Pandoand Katsia Patbortsava 

Neptune Canada: presentation of ESONET: Laurenz Thomsen 

KDM- MPIMM 

Workshops/Meetings 

April 2009 DM-MASOX meeting (Southampton, UK) exchange of knowledge for longterm 

observatories (Dirk de Beer) 

June 2009 VISO workshop (Tromsö, Norway) presentation of LOOME observatory design 

(Frank Wenzhöfer) 

Sept. 2009 LOOME recovery meeting (Uni. Gent, Belgium) discussion on recovery 

strategies with ROV pilots (Dirk de Beer) 

Oct. 2009 All region workshop (Paris, France) presentation of LOOME observatory 

deployment (Dirk de Beer) 

Cruises 

ARK XXIV/2 RV Polarstern ROV Quest, Deployment of LOOME observatory at the 

HMMV (D. de Beer, A. Boetius, F Wenzhöfer, M. Viehweger, V. Asendorf) 

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MSM 16/2 RV Maria S Merian ROV Gent, Preparation of the observatory recovery 

ISMAR 

Articles 

L. Pignagnoli, F. Chierici, P. Favali, L. Beranzoli, D. Embriaco, S. Monna, F. D’Oriano 

and N. Zitellini, (2010), “Tsunami Early Warning System: deep sea measurements in the 

source area”, submitted to Volume MARE del Dipartimento Terra e Ambiente del CNR. 

NERC-NOCS 

NOCS conducted media outreach related to ocean observatory science objectives and deepsea 

research including coverage by the BBC, United Press International, EurekAlert, and 

CORDIS. A new set of webpages are also under construction to consolidate information 

about ocean observatory science related to UK.11 and D13 regarding science objectives 

and modules, including the generic sensor module. 


Ruhl, HA, L Géli, J Karstensen, A Colaço, RS Lampitt, J Greinert, O Phannkuche, and Y 

Auffret, Science Objectives and Design of the European Seas Observatory NETwork 

(ESONET), European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2009. 

Favali, P, and the EMSO Partnership, EMSO: European Multidisciplinary Seafloor 

Observatory European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2010. 

Lampitt, RS, KE Larkin, and the EuroSITES Consortium, The EuroSITES network: 

Integrating and enhancing fixed-point open ocean observatories around Europe European 

Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2010. 

Vardaro, MF, K Smith, GT Rowe, IG Priede, P Bagley, B Bett, HA Ruhl, DM Bailey, B 

Bazika, A Walls, J Clarke, Preliminary Data from Deep Benthic Environmental Monitoring 

Platforms in an Oil Extraction Lease Block off the Coast of Angola, American Society of 

Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, USA, 2010. 

Lampitt, RS, Larkin, KE, Campbell, J., Pebody, C., Hartman, SE, Pagnani, M, Gkritzalis, 

A, Ruhl, HA, Gooday, AJ, Billett, DSM. Long-term time-series from the EuroSITES 

Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) sustained observatory, 42nd International Liege 

Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: Multiparametric observation and analysis of the Sea, 

2009. 

Larkin K, HA Ruhl, et al., Benthic biology time-series in the deep sea: Indicators of 

change, OceanObs’09 white paper, Venice, Italy, 2009. 

Ruhl, HA, Science Objectives and Design of the European Seas Observatory NETwork 

(ESONET), European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2009. 

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Ruhl, HA, Climate Change in the Deep Sea, Natural History Museum Seminar, London, 

2009. 

Ruhl, HA, Ocean Observatories, GEOSS Workshop XXVII – Understanding the Integrated 

Ocean Observation System, Including Sub-surface Sensors, Bremen, Germany, 2009. 

Articles 

Ruhl HA, et al. Societal need for improved understanding of climate change, anthropogenic 

impacts, and geohazrd warning drive development of ocean observatories in European 

Seas, Progress in Oceanography (submitted). 

Glover, AG, AJ Gooday, DM Bailey, DSM Billett, P Chevaldonné, A Colaço, J Copley, D 

Cuvelier, D Desbruyères, V Kalogeropoulou, M Klages, N Lampadariou, C Lejeusne, NC 

Mestre, GLJ Paterson, T Perez, HA Ruhl, J Sarrazin, T Soltwedel, EH Soto, S Thatje, A 

Tselepides, S Van Gaever, and A Vanreusel, Climatic and geological drivers of long-term 

temporal change in deep-sea ecosystems, Advances in Marine Biology, (submitted). 

Smith, KL, Jr., HA Ruhl, BJ Bett, DSM Billett, RS Lampitt, and RS Kaufmann, Climate 

and deep-sea communities, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 

(published online, November 2009). 

Vardaro, MF, HA Ruhl, KL Smith, Jr., Climate variation, carbon flux and bioturbation in 

the abyssal North Pacific, Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 2081-2088, 2009. 

Bagley, PM, KL Smith, B Bett, IG Priede, G Rowe, J Clarke, A Walls, HA Ruhl, and DM 

Bailey, The DELOS project; long-term observatories in an oil field environment in the 

Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Ocean Observatories (book), ed. P. Favali et al., (submitted). 

HCMR 

TV film 

Presentation of the POSEIDON-Pylos deep sea platform as part of the national marine 

operational monitoring system. Part of a TV film for HCMR & Greek Marine Research. 

Prepared for “Digital/Satellite ERT” targeting Greek audience in Greece and abroad. 

Web Site 

The description and data from the POSEIDON-Pylos site of the Ionian Sea are made 

available through the web page of the POSEIDON system (www.poseidon.hcmr.gr ). The 

site provides, among others, access to time-series from the seabed platform either as 

composite graphs of the last 15 days or as raw data through direct link to the data base. 

Articles 

Lykousis, V., Sakellariou, D., Rousakis, G., 2009. Slope failures and stability analysis of 

shallow water prodeltas in the active margins of Western Greece, northeastern 

Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Earth Sciences 98:807–822 

Lykousis, V., Alexandri, M., Woodside, J., De Lange, G., Daehlman, A., Perissoratis, C., 

Ioakim, Chr., Sakellariou, D., Nomikou, P., Casas, D., Kormas, K., Rousakis, G., Ballas, D. 

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and Ercilla, G., 2009. Mud volcanoes and gas hydrates in Anaximander Mountains 

(Eastern Mediterranean). Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (2009) 854–872. 

Lykousis, V., 2009. Sea level changes and shelf break prograding sequences during the last 

400ka in the Aegean margins: Subsidence rates abd palaeogeographic implications. 

Continental Shelf Research, 29 (2009) 2037–2044. 

Triantaphyllou, M. V., Antonarakou, A., Kouli, K., Dimiza, M., Kontakiotis, G., 

Papanikolaou, M. D., Ziveri, P., Mortyn, P. G., Lianou, V., Lykousis, V., Dermitzakis, M.. 

2009. Late Glacial–Holocene ecostratigraphy of the south eastern Aegean Sea, based on 

plankton and pollen assemblages Geo-Mar Lett. DOI 10.1007/s00367-009-0139-5. 

Malinverno, E., Triantaphyllou, M.V., Stavrakakis, S., Ziveri, P., Lykousis, V.. 2009. 

Seasonal and spatial variability of coccolithophore export production at the South-Western 

margin of Crete (Eastern Mediterranean). Marine Micropaleontology 71: 131–147. 

Canals, M., Danovaro, R., Heussner, S., Lykoussis, V., Puig, P., Trincardi, F., Calafat, 

A.M., Durrieu De Madron, X., Palanques, A., and Sanchez-Vidal, A.. 2009. Cascades in 

Mediterranean Submarine Grand Canyons. Oceanography. 22 : 26-43. 


Petihakis G., K.Nittis, D.Ballas, D.Kassis, P.Pagonis, L.Perivoliotis, P.Drakopoulos, 2009. 

The POSEIDON reference time-series stations of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Ocen. 

Obs Conference, Venice, 21-25 September 2009. 

Kassis D., D.Ballas, Nittis K., P. Pagonis, D.Georgopoulos, 2009. An integrated ocean 

observing system in the Ionian Sea. 3rd Conference on Underwater Acoustic 

Measurements: Technologies and Results, Nafplion, 21-26 June 2009, Book of Abstracts, 

p.144 

M.Anagnostou, J.Nystuen, E.Anagnostou, A. Papadopoulos, D.Ballas, Nittis K., P. 

Pagonis, L.Perivoliotis, D.Georgopoulos, 2009. Measurements of spatially averaged ocean 

surface geophysical parameters using underwater sound integrated with the POSEIDON 

monitoring system. 3rd Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies 

and Results, Nafplion, 21-26 June 2009, Book of Abstracts, p.144 

Petihakis, G., Nittis, K., Ballas, D., Kassis, D., Pagonis, P., Perivoliotis, L. and P. 

Drakopoulos, 2009: The POSEIDON reference time-series stations of the Eastern 

Mediterranean Sea, in Proceedings of the "OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations 

and Information for Society" Conference (Annex), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, 

Hall, J., Harrison D.E. and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, 2010. 

C. Tsabaris , D.L. Patiris, V. Lykousis. 2009. KATERINA: An in situ spectrometer for 

continuous monitoring of radon daughters in aquatic environment. KM3Net- 

VeryLargeVolumeNutrinoTelescope workshop, 13-15 October 2009. 

E. N. Anagnostou, M. N. Anagnostou, Jeff Nystuen, 2009. Passive Aquatic Listener: A 

state-of-art system employed in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Biological Sciences in the 

Marine Environment. KM3Net-VeryLargeVolumeNutrinoTelescope workshop, 13-15 

October 2009. 

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FORTH 

Articles 

Taroudakis M. : "Statistical characterization of an underwater acoustic signal with 

applications in ocean acoustic tomography and geoacoustic inversions" International 

Conference on Modern Mathematical Methods in Science and Technology (M3ST '09), 

Poros Greece, September 2009 also in International Conference on Theoretical and 

Computational Acoustics (ICTCA09), Dresden, Germany, September 2009. 

Taroudakis M. and Smaragdakis C. : "Tomographic and Bottom Geoacoustic Inversions, 

Using Genetic Algorithms and a Statistical Characterization of the Acoustic Signal" Acta 

Acustica united with Acustica, Vol 95, pp 814-822 (2009). 

Skarsoulis E.K. , B.D. Cornuelle, M.A. Dzieciuch, Travel-time sensitivity kernels in longrange 

propagation, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 126, pp. 2223-2233, 

(2009). 

Skarsoulis E.K. , G.S. Piperakis, Use of acoustic navigation signals for simultaneous 

localization and sound-speed estimation, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 

125, pp. 1384-1393, (2009). 

UAC 

Conferences 

Colaço, A.; Cannat, M.; Blandin, J.; Sarradin P.M. and the MoMAR-D partners (2009) 

MoMAR-D: A technological challenge to monitor the dynamics of the Lucky Strike vent 

ecosystem. ICES Symposium Issues Confronting the Deep Oceans: The Economic, 

Scientific, and Governance Challenges and Opportunities of Working in the Deep Sea 

Amor da Pátria Hall, Horta, Faial Island, Azores, Portugal April 27 – 30, 2009 

Giacomello, E.; Colaço, A. and Menezes, G. (2009). Condor project: an observatory for 

studying and monitoring azorean seamount ecosystems. SCOR- Workshop on Ocean 

Biology Observatorie . Holiday Inn Venice Mestre Marghera. Mestre, Italy 16-18 

September 2009 

Articles 

Colaço A.; M. Cannat , J. Blandin ;P.M. Sarradin (subm). MoMAR-D- A technological 

challenge to monitor in real time Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field. ICES Journal of 

Marine Science 

Ruhl H.A., Karstensen J., Géli L., Colaço A., Lampitt R., André M. (subm). Societal need 

for improved understanding of climate change, anthropogenic impacts, and geohazrd 

warning drive development of ocean observatories in European Seas. Progress in 

Oceanography 

Glover, A G, A J Gooday, D M Bailey, D S M Billett, P Chevaldonné, A Colaço, J Copley, 

D Cuvelier, D Desbruyères, V Kalogeropoulou, M Klages, N Lampadariou, C Lejeusne, N 

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C Mestre, G L J Paterson, T Perez, H A Ruhl, J Sarrazin, T Soltwedel, E H Soto, S Thatje, 

A Tselepides, S Van Gaever, and A Vanreusel, Climatic and geological drivers of longterm 

temporal change in deep-sea ecosystems, Advances in Marine Biology, (submitted). 

Cuvelier, D, Sarrazin J., Colaço A., Copley J. T., Glover A., Tyler P., Serrão Santos R., and 

Desbruyères D. (Subm) Community dynamics over 14 years at the Eiffel Tower 

hydrothermal edifice on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Limnology and Oceanography 

Larkin, K.E., Ruhl, H.A., Bagley, P., Benn, A., Bett, B.J., Billett, D.S.M., Boetius A., 

Chevaldonné,P., Colaço, A., Copley, J., Danovaro, R., Escobar-Briones, E., Glover A., 

Gooday, A.J, Hughes,J.A., Kalogeropoulou, V., Kelly-Gerreyn, B.A., Kitazato H., Klages, 

M., Lampadariou, N., Lejeusne, C., Perez, T., Priede., I.G., Rogers A., Sarradin, P.M, 

Sarrazin, J., Soltwedel, T., Soto, E.H., Thatje, S., Tselepides, A., Tyler, P.A., van den 

Hove, S., Vanreusel, A., Wenzhöfer, F. 2009: Benthic biology time-series in the deep sea: 

Indicators of change. OceanObs’09 benthic time-series white paper 

UPC 

Articles 

Development of a Synchronization Trigger for the Spanish Oceanographic Ships Based on 

an Embedded Real-time Java System. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and 

Measurement. Vol:58 issue 9 Pàgines, inicial: 3323 final: 3334 Setembre 2009 

Design and Test of a High Resolution Acquisition System for Marine Seismology IEEE 

I&M Magazine. Vol:12 Nº2 Pàgines, inicial:8 final:15 Abril 2009 ISSN 1094-6969 

IEEE 1057 Jitter Test of ADCs. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 

Vol: 58 Nº7Pàgines, inicial: 2234 final: 2244 JULY 2009 

An autonomous vehicle development for submarine observation. Journal of maritime 

research..VI - 2, pp. 23 - 32.01/08/2009 .ISSN 1697-4840 

Conference 

Control and acquisition system design for an Expandable Seafloor Observatory (OBSEA). 

IEEE Conference & Exhibition OCEANS 2009. May 11-14, 2009 Bremen, Germany. 

ISBN: 978-1-4244-2523-5 

Studying the behaviour of Norway lobster using RFID and Infrared Tracking technologies. 

IEEE Conference & Exhibition OCEANS 2009. May 11-14, 2009 Bremen, Germany. 

ISBN: 978-1-4244-2523-5 

Instrument Interface Standards for interoperable Ocean Sensor Networks. IEEE Conference 

& Exhibition OCEANS 2009. May 11-14, 2009 Bremen, Germany. ISBN: 978-1-4244- 

2523-5 

Sea seismometer coupling on the sediment. XIX IMEKO World Congress Fundamental and 

Applied Metrology September 6?11, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal . Pp 2010-2013 

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Evaluation of IEEE1588 applied to synchronized acquisition in marine sensor networks 

(MSN).XIX IMEKO World Congress Fundamental and Applied Metrology September 

6?11, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal Pp 514-517 

Time drift of ocean bottom seismometers (OBS). XIX IMEKO World Congress 

Fundamental and Applied Metrology September 6?11, 2009, Lisbon, Portugal pp 2548- 

2553 

Cabling, Connectors ans Splices structure for the Obsea expandable subsea observatory 

Internacional Workshop on Marine Technology. Martech2009. November 19th-20th 

Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain). USB. ISBN. 978-84-692-5896-5 D.L B4677-2006 

Power Supply control of the obsea seafloor. Internacional Workshop on Marine 

Technology. Martech2009. November 19th-20th Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain) USB. ISBN. 

978-84-692-5896-5D.L B4677-2006 

Potencial Applications of Automated video-image analysis in the pelagic and demersal 

environment including the deep-sea. Internacional Workshop on Marine Technology. 

Martech2009. November 19th-20th Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain). USB. ISBN978-84-692- 

5896-5. D.L B4677-2006 

Smart Sensor Interface for sea bottom observatories. Internacional Workshop on Marine 

Technology. Martech2009. November 19th-20th Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain). USB. ISBN 

978-84-692-5896-5. D.L B4677-2006 

Ocean Observing Systems Demystified. OCEANS 2009, BILOXI, Mississipe, USA. 

October 26-29, 2009. Luis Bermudez,Southeastern Universities Research Association, Eric 

Delory dBscale Sensing Technologies,IEEE Committee on Earth Observations, Tom 

O’Reilly MBARI, Joaquin del Rio Fernandez, Technical University of Catalonia 

Organization of congress 

SARTI-UPC organized the Third International Workshop on Marine Technology, 

MARTECH 2009, 19th AND 20th of November, Vilanova I La Geltru, Barcelona, 

http://www.cdsarti.org/martech09/ 

ULB 

Articles 

O. Carrière, J.-P. Hermand, and J. V. Candy, “Inversion for time evolving sound-speed 

field in a shallow ocean by ensemble Kalman filtering,” IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 34, no. 

4, pp. 586–602, Oct. 2009 

O. Carrière, J.-P. Hermand, J.-C. Le Gac, and M. Rixen, “Full-field tomography and 

Kalman tracking of the range-dependent sound speed field in a coastal water environment,” 

Journal of Marine Systems. Special issue on MREA and Coastal Processes: Challenges for 

Monitoring and Prediction, vol. 78, pp. S382–S392, 2009. 

doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.01.036. 

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Conferences 

O. Carrière, J.-P. Hermand, L. Calado, A. C. de Paula, and I. C. A. da Silveira, “Featureoriented 

acoustic tomography: Upwelling at Cabo Frio (Brazil),” in Proceedings of 

OCEANS ’09 MTS/IEEE Biloxi Conference Marine Technology for Our Future: Global 

and Local Challenges, Marine Technology Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics 

Engineers, IEEE, Oct. 2009. 

Y. Stephan, J.-P. Hermand, and O. Carrière, “Operational feasibility of an acoustic passive 

monitoring of the Ushant front,” in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference & 

Exbition on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies and Results (J. S. 

Papadakis and L. Bjorno, eds.), IACM/FORTH, June 2009. 

O. Carrière and J.-P. Hermand, “Fine-scale acoustic tomography of shallow water 

environments by Bayesian filtering,” Invited paper in Proceedings of the 3rd International 

Conference & Exbition on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies and Results 

(J. S. Papadakis and L. Bjorno, eds.), IACM/FORTH, June 2009. 

O. Carrière, J.-P. Hermand, and Y. Stephan, “Acoustic monitoring of the Ushant front: A 

feasibility study,” in Proceedings of OCEANS ’09 IEEE Bremen Conference - Balancing 

technology with future needs, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Oceanic 

Engineering Society, IEEE, May 2009. doi:10.1109/OCEANSE.2009.5278197. 


J.-P. Hermand, “Geoacoustic characterization and tomographic observation of the shallow 

water environment: approaches, results and perspectives”, Invited presentation at the VIII 

Encontro de Tecnologia em Acústica Submarina - VIII ETAS - Eighth Underwater 

Technology Meeting, Instituto de Pesquisas da Marinha - IPqM, Nov. 2009. 

Other publications of interest 

There are a number of recent ULB publications on geoacoustic characterization, optical and 

ultrasonic imaging and bubble acoustics which may be of interest to some members of 

ESONET community, e.g.: 

J.-P. Hermand and J.-C. Le Gac, “Toward higher acoustic frequencies and fewer 

hydrophones to invert for subbottom properties with underwater robots: Experimental 

results,” in Proceedings of the Pacific Rim Underwater Acoustics Conference 2009 - Mid to 

High Frequency Ocean Acoustics: Modeling, Measurement, and Applications, pp. 79–82, 

Sept. 2009. 

L. Seuront, J.-P. Hermand, and J.-P. Hermand, “Optical versus ultrasonic imaging of subcentimeter 

free-swimming organisms,” EOS Topical Meeting on Blue Photonics - Optics in 

the Sea, European Optical Society, IEEE, Aug. 2009. 

A full list of publications is available at 

http://www.ulb.ac.be/rech/inventaire/unites/pdf/ulb696.pdf. 

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ITU 

Conferences organized by ITU-EMCOL 

A training workshop on “Seafloor observation Techniques for Marine Geohazards 

Monitoring” was organized by ITU in Istanbul during 18-19 August 2009. More than 50 

participants from different organizations in Turkey and Eurpoe ettanded the workshop. This 

is an important deliverable of ESONET Marmara-DM project. 

An “International Symposium on 10th Anniversary of the 17 August 1999 Izmit 

Earthquake: An overview of the research in the Sea of Marmara region over the last 10 

years” was organized at ITU in Istanbul during 17 August 2009. 

The reports of the above two events can be found at the Marmara-DM project web-site: 

http://www.esonet.marmara-dm.itu.edu.tr 

Two sessions convened by the ITU scientists Namik Çagatay and Naci Görür at the 62. 

International Geological Congress of Turkey during 13-17 April, 2008 in Ankara: 1) 

Marine and Coastal Geology, 2) Marine Geological Hazards. Several paper presentations 

were made in these sessions regarding the ESONET/EMSO activities in the Sea of 

Marmara node (see list below). 

One session convened and chaired by Namik Çagatay: “Marine Geology and Geophysics” 

for the 2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE BLACK 

SEA REGION (ISGB-2) in Ankara during 5-9 October 2009. 

Articles 

Çagatay, M. N., Eriş, K., Ryan, W.B.F., Sancar, Ü., Polonia, A., Akçer, S. Biltekin, D., 

Gasperini, L., Görür, N. Lericolais G., Bard, E. 2009. Late Pliestocene-Holocene evolution 

of the northern shelf of the Sea of Marmara. Marine Geology, 265: 87-100. 

Görür, N., Çagatay, M.N., 2009. Geohazards rooted from the northern margin of the Sea of 

Marmara since the late Pleistocene: a review of recent results. Natural Hazards. DOI 

10.1007/s11069-009-9469-x 

Bourry, C., Chazallon, B., Charlou, J-L, Donval J.P, Ruffine, L., Henry, P., Geli, L., 

Çagatay, M.N., Sedat, ?, Moreau, M., (2009). Free gas and gas hydrates from the Sea of 

Marmara, Turkey: Chemical and structural characterization. Chemical Geology, 264, 197– 

206. 

Book Chapters 

Çagatay, Balkis,N., Sancar, Ü., Çakir, Z. et al... (2009). Sediment Geochemistry Atlas of 

the Sea of Marmara and its importance in pollution and ecological studies. In: Özerler, M. 

and Sayin, E. (eds.), The Role of Climatic and Anthropogenic Changes in Marine 

Ecosytems, Ecosystems’07, Izmir – Turkey, pp. 165-182. 

Çagatay, M.N., Geli, L., Gasperini, L., Henry, P., Gürbüz, C., Görür, N. The Sea of 

Marmara. Chapter to be published in a book edited by P. Favali et al., on Seafloor 

Observatories. 


Altinok Y, Alpar, B, Çagatay MN, Akçer S, Unlu, S., Balkis N, Ozer N, Aykurt, H. (2009). 

Sedimentological and geochemical properties of a tsunami deposit in a lagoon north of Sea 

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of Marmara, Turkey. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-5125, 2009, 

EGU General Assembly 2009. Vienna. 

Çagatay, M.N., 2009. Geohazards and their sedimentary and geochemical records in the 

Sea of Marmara. International Symposium on 10th Anniversary of the17 August 1999 

Izmit Earthquake: An overview of the research in the Sea of Marmara region over the last 

10 years. ITÜ, Istanbul. 

Çagatay, M.N. 2009 History of marine geological research and the need for seafloor 

observatories in the Sea of Marmara. ESONET NoE Training Course on Seafloor 

Observatory Techniques on Marine Geohazard Monitoring. 18-19 August, 2009. ITÜ, 

Istanbul. 

Çagatay MN, Çifci G, Gürbüz C (2009). ESONET NoE and EMSO Infrastucture Projects 

and Their Importance for Geohazard Monitoring in the Sea of Marmara. 62. Geological 

Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 2009. [MD-2009-325]. 

Çagatay, M.N., Geli, L., Henry, P., Gasperini; L., Favali, P., Görür, N., Çifci, G., 2009. 

Geohazard Monitoring Studies of ESONET Marmara-DM project in the Sea of Marmara. 

Turkish-Japonese Earthquake Workshop, 23-24 November, 2009. Tübitak Gebze. 

Eriş, K., Beck, C, Çagatay, MN (2209). Marmara Denizi’nde Geç Kuvaterner Sismiktürbiditlerin 

tayini: Yüksek Çözünürlü Karot ve Sismik Çal??malar?ndan ?puçlar?). 62. 

Geological Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 2009. [MD-2009-420]. 

Gasperini L. Özeren, S. (2009). A major landslide observed in the Çinarcik Basin: A 

tsunamogenic source for the next earthquakes in the Marmara basin. 62. Geological 

Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 2009. 

Görür, N. (2009). An overview of the earthquake research in the Sea of Marmara. 

International Symposium on 10th Anniversary of the17 August 1999 Izmit Earthquake: An 

overview of the research in the Sea of Marmara region over the last 10 years. ITÜ, Istanbul. 

Görür N, Çagatay, M.N. (2009). Geohazards rooted from the northern margin of the Sea of 

Marmara since the late Pleistocene: a review of recent results. MD-2009-575 Ankara 13-17 

April 2009. [MD-2009-575]. 

McHugh CMG, Gurung, D, Giosan L, Ryan WBF, Çagatay, N. (2009). Holocene 

Earthquake Ruptures Along the North Anatolia Fault in the Marmara Sea: Age, Spatial 

Extent and Sedimentary Processes. 62. Geological Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 

2009. [MD-2009-130]. 

McHugh CMG, Seeber L, Cormier M-H, Çagatay N. (2009). The last reconnection of the 

Marmara Sea (Turkey) to the World Ocean: A paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic 

perspective. 62. Geological Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 2009. MD-2009-129]. 

McHugh CMG, Seeber L, Cormier M-H, Çagatay N. (2009). The last reconnection of the 

Marmara Sea (Turkey) to the World Ocean: A paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic 

perspective. 62. Geological Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 2009. [MD-2009- 

129]. 

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McHugh CMG, Gurung, D, Giosan L, Ryan WBF, Çagatay, N. (2009). Holocene 

Earthquake Ruptures Along the North Anatolia Fault in the Marmara Sea: Age, Spatial 

Extent and Sedimentary Processes. 62. Geological Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 

2009. [MD-2009-130]. 

Polonia A, Bortoluzzi, G, Çagatay, MN, Farrente, V, Gasperini, L. (2009). Displaced 

Sedimentary Features along Middle and Northern strands of the North Anatolian Fault in 

the Marmara Sea: Implications for Slip Rates, Styles of Deformation and Basin 

Development. 62. Geological Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 2009. [MD-2009- 

346]. 

Sengör, A. M. C., The North Antaolian Fault in the Sea of Marmara. Symposium on 10th 

Anniversary of the17 August 1999 Izmit Earthquake: An overview of the research in the 

Sea of Marmara region over the last 10 years. ?TÜ, Istanbul. 

Other 

An ESONET training workshop on “Seafloor observation Techniques for Marine 

Geohazards Monitoring” and Earthquake Symposium were organized by ITU in Istanbul 

during 17-19 August 2009. More than 50 participants from different Turkish organizations 

in Turkey (Governorship of Istanbul, Istanbul Municipality, TPAO: Turkish Petroleum 

Corporation, TUBITAK, Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey, and MTA: 

Geological Suvey of Turkey) and Europe attanded the workshop. The State Minister for 

Science and Technology, Prof. Mehmet Ayd?n, presented the opening speech at the 

Symposium and was informed about the ESONET and EMSO activities at the Marmara 

Node. The event was covered widely with live interviews by TV channels (CNN Turk, 

Kanal D, ATV, Show TV) and press (Miliyet, Sabah, Hürrüyet, Vatan). Several scientists 

from ITU (Naci Görür, Celal Sengör, Namik Çagatay) and ESONET partners (Louis Geli, 

Pierre Henry, Luca Gasperini) were involved in the interviews. 

A project proposal “Permanent Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatories in the Sea of 

Marmara” is being currently prepared for submitting in May 2010 to the Turkish State 

Planning Organization (DPT) for funding. 

ITU invited TPAO (the Turkish Petroleum Corporation) and MTA (Geological Suvey of 

Turkey) to take part in the ESONET and EMSO activities in the Sea of Marmara. An 

invitation letter by ITU was sent to MTA on 15 December 2009 for their collaboration in 

the DPT project proposal. MTA is acquiring new research vessels and ROVs that are 

important for the operation and maintenance of the observatories. A separate invitation to 

MTA was made for personnel training in marine surveys and technology involving MTA- 

ITU-IFREMER collaboration. 

ITU contributed to a press conference held at the French Consulate in Istanbul on 15 

December, at the end of the Marmesonet crusie. Initial results of the cruise were presented 

and the need for seafloor observatories in the Sea of Marmara was stressed. The event was 

covered extensively by the Turkish press and TV media. Naci Görür and Namik Çagatay 

gave several interviews that were published in Turkish newspapers (Miliyet, Sabah, 

Hürrüyet, Vatan) and broadcast on TV channels (CNN Turk, Kanal D, ATV, Show TV) 

from 16-18 December 2009. Namik Çagatay gave interview to a journalist from La Monde 

on 21) press 21 December 2009. 

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DEU-IMST 


Çagatay MN, Çifci G, Gürbüz C (2009). ESONET NoE and EMSO Infrastucture Projects 

and Their Importance for Geohazard Monitoring in the Sea of Marmara. 62. Geological 

Congress of Turkey, Ankara 13-17 April 2009. [MD-2009-325]. 

Çagatay, M.N., Geli, L., Henry, P., Gasperini; L., Favali, P., Görür, N., Çifci, G., 2009. 

Geohazard Monitoring Studies of ESONET Marmara-DM project in the Sea of Marmara. 

Turkish-Japonese Earthquake Workshop, 23-24 November, 2009. Tübitak 

Gebze. 

Sorlien, C.C., Steckleri, M.S., Çifçi, G. et al., 2009, “Seismic Stratigraphic-Late 

Quaternary Climate Cycle age Model for the North Anatolian Fault System in Southern 

Marmara Sea, Turkey”, International Symposium on Historical earthquake and 

Conservation of Monuments and Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 10-12 

September 2009, Istanbul, TURKEY. 

Steckler M.S., Çifçi G., Demirbag, E. et al., 2009, “High Resolution Multichannel Imaging 

of Basin Growth Along a Continental Transform: The Marmara Sea Along the North 

Anatolian Fault in NW Turkey”, International Symposium on Historical earthquake and 

Conservation of Monuments and Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 10-12 

September 2009, Istanbul, TURKEY. 

Gunay Cifci, Seda Okay, Savas Gurcay visited to Pukyong National University and Korea 

Ocean, Research and Development Institute and Gunay Cifci gave a seminer about 

ESONET and TAMAM Project between 5-16 July 2009. 

Gunay Cifci, Derman Dondurur, Savas Gurcay, Selin Deniz Akhun from DEU, Caner 

Imren, Hulya Kurt, Duygu Timur from ITU participated to first workshop in LDEO for 

evaluation of the TAMAM data between 24 and 31 May 2009. 

Articles 

L.Seeber, C.Sorlien,D.J.Shillington, D.Dondurur, S.Gurcay, J. Diebold, C.Imren, H.Kurt, 

M.S.Steckler, G.Cifci, E.Demirbag and TAMAM08 Scientific party, "Basibn Growth 

Along a Continental Transform: The North Anatolian Fault and the Marmara Trough in 

NW Turkey", Geologica Acta (submitted) 

CINTAL 


REP10 Experiment preparation meeting held at NURC LaSpezia, 

IEAPM/COPPE/CINTAL meeting 

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5.2 Annex 2: Plan for Dissemination of knowledge 

5.2.1 Exploitable knowledge and its Use 

Exploitable 

knowledge (description) 

Long-term multiparameter monitoring at 

seafloor 

Exploitable 

product(s) or 

Measures(s) 

New time series in DMs 

sites 

Sector 

of 

application 

Geophysics, 

oceanography, 

geochemistry 

Time table 

for commercial 

use 

Patents or 

other IPR 

protection 

Not applicable Not applicable 

Owner 

and other 

partners involved 

LIDO and MARMARA 

partnership 

Data from hydrophone instrument at obsea 

observatory 

Time series Oceanography 2009-2010 UPC 

Data from CTD instrument at obsea 

observatory 

Time series Oceanography 2009-2010 UPC 

Video streaming from obsea camera Video images Oceanography 2009-2010 UPC 

Audio stream (east-Sicily, ANTARES, West 

Med) 

Audio data, time series, 

stats 

Bioacoustics 

1 Data 

2010 UPC 

Virtual Institute of Scientific Users of Deep 

Sea observatories 

Report 

2 Oceanography of all 

discipline 

3 Observatories 

Indefinite 

Parts of the ocean 

All partners and oil compnies 

New knowledge on operational oceanography 

and acoustic propagation in the fram strait 

Observing systems for 

operational 

oceanography including 

acoustic sources and 

receivers 

Oceanography, ocean 

acoustics, acoustic 

navigation 

observing system are 

commercially 

available today and 

other parts are under 

development and may 

become commercial in 

the future 

NERSC 

Operation modes for the deployment of heavy 

equipment in the deep sea usind MODUS 

Operational modes and 

conditions for equivalent 

stations like GEOSTAR 

Deep sea technology Whenever requested BHT/INGV 

Upgraded version of a multidisciplinary Detection of natural 

seafloor observatory with real-time or near 

real time communication 

hazards (tsunami, 

earthquakes) 

Oceanography, geophysics 2010 GEOASTAR consortium 

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5.2.2 Dissemination of knowledge including articles in press and published 

Planned/Actual Dates Type* Type of Audience** Targeted Countries Size of Audience Partner responsible/Involved 

30 June 2009 Publication Research International CNRS-CEREGE 

November 2009 Press releases General France and International CNRS-CEREGE 

November 2009 Video General France and Turkey CNRS-CEREGE 

August 2009 Conference Research International 50 CNRS-CEREGE 

August 2009 Poster Research International 500 CNRS-CEREGE 

3-7 May 2009 Conference Higher education International 15000 

CNRS-IUEM D’Eu, Brachet, Goslin, 

Royer, Ammann 

14-18 December 2009 Conference Higher education International 18000 CNRS-IUEM Perrot, Goslin, Royer 

11-12 February 2010 Workshop Higher education International 80 

CNRS-IUEM Goslin, Perrot, Royer, 

D’Eu, Brachet 

December 2009 Scientific paper Higher education International CNRS-IUEM Goslin 

February 2010 

Exhibition, web 

site 

General public Europe 1000 Océanopolis 

Spring/Fall 2009 

ESONET 

Researcher Europe/US/Asia KDM-MPIMM 

Newletter 

June 2009 Poster Researcher Europe/US KDM-MPIMM 

November 2010 Press release Public USA Large NERC-NOCS H. Ruhl 

November 2010 Press release Public Europe Large NERC-NOCS H. Ruhl 

Nov-Dec 2010 

Print/web 

news/radio 

Public International Large NERC-NOCS H. Ruhl 

March-Dec. 2010 TV Film General public Greece >10000 HCMR 

2009-2010 Web site General public International 

400 000 user sessions per 

month 

HCMR 

5-7 October 2009 

ESONET General 

Assembly 

ESONET 

researchers 

EU & international 120 IMI 

ESFRI Roadmap Higher education, 

April 2009 projects update research & 

Ireland 20 IMI 

meeting government 

*Conference, Exhibition, Publications, Project web-site, Posters, Flyers, Direct e-mailing, Film/Video... 

**General public, Higher education, Research Industry (Sector x)... 

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Planned/Actual 

Dates 

14 January 2010 

Type* Type of Audience** Targeted Countries 

ESFRI 

Roadmap 

projects update 

Higher education, research & 

government 

Size of 

Audience 

Ireland 20 IMI 

Partner responsible/Involved 

January 2010 

meeting 

Press releaseshiptime 

& 

MODOO 

General public Ireland 10 000s IMI 

April Conference Higher education International 100 UAC 

September Workshop Higher education International 100 UAC 

May 2009 Web site 

General public and registered 

users 

International Unlimited SRATI-UPC 

May 2009 Web site 

Scientific community and 

registered users 

International Unlimited SARTI-UPC 

10 September 2009 

Euronews 

futuris 

General public International Unlimited LAB-UPC 

11-12 June 2009 

Workshop flyer, 

press, report 

ESONEWS 3, 

Researcher, press, private 

companies and oil industry 

Norway, Europe, Japan, 

USA 

80 

UIT organized the workshop but all partners 

participated 

Spring/Fall 2009 

2008 cruise 

report for 

LOOME 

ESONEWS 3, 

General public, researchers… All 

UIT, AWI, IFREMER, Marum, IFM- 

Geomar, MPIMM 

Spring/Fall 2009 debriefing of the 

VISO workshop 

General public, researchers… All UIT 

11-12 June 2009 

Workshop 

VISO 

Research industry General 80 Host: University of Tromso 

21-29 June 2009 Conference Research industry General 40 FORTH/ICAM 

21-25 Sept. 2009 Conference 

Research industry, operational 

agencies 

General 600 ESA/OceanObs09 

October 2009 WS report Research industry All UGOT, A. Tengberg 

21/12/2009 

Media briefing 

(LA Mond) 

General public France 30-40 Millions ITU, IFREMER, CEREGE, ISMAR, INGV 

15/12/2009 Media briefing General public Turkey 30-40 Millions ITU, IFREMER, CEREGE, ISMAR 

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Dates 

17/09/2009 

17/09/2009 


(CNN-Turk, 

NTV, ATV, 

TV8, KanalD, 

StarTV) 

Press release 

(Hurriyet, 

Milliyet, Sabah, 

Vatan) 

Media briefing 

(CNN-Turk, 

NTV, ATV, 

TV8, KanalD, 

StarTV) 

Size of 

Audience 


General public Turkey 20-30 Millions ITU, IFREMER, CNRS, ISMAR, INGV 

General public Turkey 20-30 Millions 

Press release General public Turkey 20-30 Millions 

11/11/2009 

(Hurriyet, 

Milliyet, Sabah, 

Vatan) 

ITU, ISMAR 

August 2009 Conference/talk Research International BU. KOERI 

10/02/2010 Sky TV Agenda Turkey 2 Millions Gunay Cifci 

April 2009 

Ocean 

Business09 

Equipment suppliers, services 

providers 

EU/International +1500 SLR 

May 2009 

Ocean09 

exhibition 


providers, scientists 

EU 1000 SLR 

May 2009 

Ocean09 

workshop 


providers 

EU 20 SLR/IFREMER 

March 2010 LEE interface ESONET partners All All partners ALTRAN/UPC 

October 2010 

Ocean challenge 

Research oceanography UK Medium size UNIABDN 

March 2010 

09/02/2010 

publication 

Oceanology 

international 

2010 

“PESOS news” 

a newsletter 

Exhibition Worldwide Large UNIABDN 

Companies delivering into the 

ocean observatory community 

Europe, North-america 300 

ITU, IFREMER, CNRS, ISMAR, INGV 

N.O’Neill, M. Miranda, C. Waldmann, JF. 

Rolin 

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Dates 


Size of 

Audience 


12/09/2009 

spread by Email 

Presentation of 

ESONET WP2 

and WP9 at 

GEO SIF 

meeting 

Washington DC 

report 

Presentation of 

OGC/OIE 

experiment at 

GEO SIF International 20 DBSCALE 

10/05/2009 

GEOSS Ocean 

workshop, 

Bremen, IEEE 

Oceans 

conference 

Scientists International 40 DBSCALE and UNIHB 

March 2009 Presentation Researchers, research institute EU, US, Canada >40 CINTAL 

July 2009 Presentation Management, researchers Brazil 12 CINTAL 

September 2010 Conference Scientific community CINTAL 

October 2010 Article General public CINTAL 

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Participant 

number 

5.3 Annex 3: Male-Female Ratio 

Participant short name 

Number of researchers to be integrated 

Number of registered doctoral students 

in the network 

Female Male Total Female Male Total 

1 IFREMER 11 38 49 0 0 0 

2 IPGP 4 9 13 0 0 0 

4 CNRS 6 20 26 1 0 1 

5 SOPAB 1 2 3 0 0 0 

6 KDM 2 33 35 5 2 7 

12 INGV 6 11 17 2 0 2 

13 ISMAR 1 6 7 0 1 1 

14 INFN 1 7 8 0 1 1 

15 TECNOMARE 0 5 5 0 0 0 

16 NERC-NOCS 4 14 18 0 0 0 

17 HCMR 2 13 15 0 0 0 

18 FORTH 0 5 5 0 1 1 

19 NIOZ 1 5 6 0 0 0 

20 IMI 2 5 7 0 0 0 

21 UAç 6 5 11 4 0 4 

22 UALG 1 3 4 0 0 0 

23 FFCUL 1 7 8 0 0 0 

24 CSIC 

24 UPC 4 10 14 0 3 3 

25 UIT 1 3 4 0 0 0 

26 NGI 0 3 3 0 0 0 

27 NERSC 1 1 2 0 1 1 

28 ULB 1 5 6 0 1 1 

29 UGOT 0 2 2 0 0 0 

30 SU 0 3 3 0 1 1 

31 BHT-BERLIN 0 4 4 0 1 1 

32 IO-BAS 0 2 2 0 0 0 

33 ITU 1 8 9 1 4 5 

34 BU.KOERI 1 5 6 0 1 1 

35 DEU-IMST 1 7 8 6 7 13 

36 ALCATEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 

37 FUGRO 0 4 4 0 0 0 

38 SLR Consulting 1 3 4 0 0 0 

39 SERCEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 

40 Nke 0 4 4 0 0 0 

41 GURALP 

42 ALTRAN 1 4 5 0 0 0 

44 UNIABDN 1 5 6 0 0 0 

45 NSW 0 0 0 0 0 0 

47 TESEO 0 2 2 0 0 0 

49 DBSCALE 1 3 4 0 0 0 

50 CINTAL 0 4 4 0 0 0 

51 SEND Off-Shore 0 2 2 0 0 0 

Total 63 272 335 19 24 43 

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